CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 May 1916, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS

L.KLECIRIO TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.] Ll'SB FKEBS ASSOCIATION.] THE IRISH SURRENDER, London, May '. The rebels' first offer ot surrender | came dramatically at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, as the cordon wa6 slowly closing round the rebeJs' main strongholds in the SackviJle street area. Suddenly a white I'ag appeared about the smolce of the post office. Pen rec and Connolly who were badly wounded emerged and signed an unconditional surrender. Half of Sackville street is in ashes and handsome shops and business houses are in ruins. Almost the only things untouched are the monuments. The deaths number hundreds. The roofs of the Four Courts are littered with bodies. Among the insurgents' first step war the circulation of report® that Veruiin had fallen, that Holland had dieolarred war against Britain and that the British Heet had been defeated in the North Sea, losing eighteen ships to Germany's eight. They issued a, broad sheet asserting that the troops in Ireland had everywhere been repulsed, andi that the populace were siding witli the repuElioans. The -military declare that the Sinn Fein sharpshooters were remarkably accurate. In the early stages of the conflict the rebels ate the best meals obtainable at the hotels. The last rebel stronghold was Jacob's factory which was captured on Sunday. It was finally subdued by artillery. London, May 2. Official. The rebels in Enniecortliy have surrenderee). There are a thousand prisoners in Dublin. Half have been depcfrtedi to England. The >ity is safe. The first batch of surrenders took place at tbe Parnell Statue in Sackville street on Sunday lorenoon, 430 rebels giving themselves up. About the same hour ten County Meath rebels came up with a white flag offering to surrender on behalf of their oomrades. They were taken to Dublin Castle. They interviewed Peanse, the rebel leader, who told them - the actual state of affairs. Shortly afterwards the rebels at Four Court and Stephen's Green surrendered. A few remaining in Jacob's factory surrendered at three in the afternoon. A communique states:—All the rebels in Dublin have surrendered. The rebels in the country districts .-re surrendering to mobile columns. It is reported that arms are likely to le banded in to-day at Cork 'City.

The rebels at Enniscorthy on Sunday night offered to surrender their leaders and arms if the rank and file were allowed to return to their homes. They were informed that the surrender must be unconditional. They accepted at 6ix o'clock this morning.

(Received Tim Day 8.d5 a.mj THE DAMAGE TO DUBLIN. London, May ? It is calculated that tlio damn' q done to Dublin amounts to £2,000,000. feuplo are concerned as to wheth >r the Government will gire financial aid;

THE SURRENDER. General Maxwell on Sunday issued 4 proclamation warning the people of Dublin that ho intended, if necessar/, to blow up the areas where the rebels were entrenched, and that the inhabitants in the affected area must lea o their houses, ©specially women and children. They would be well a they approached the sentries with a white flac, and the men must not ha>'3 their hands in their poeketts, but if their bona fides were proved they alsj would be allowed to leave.

The proclamation struck terror into the rebels, who had been fn good heart for the greater part of tuc week. They adopted many ingenio k devices to get ammunition. In one case the guard* opened two coffins at j Rarhuiine.s; one contained a body, the other ammunition. The retn'ln then realised the impossibility of facing can. non and the wholesale blowing up of house*.

Countess Markieivicz, commanding the rebels at the Royal College of Surgeons at St. Stephen's Ureen, dlefenied it fctubburnly until Sunday morning, and then a white flag replaced the green one. A British officer ordered the garrison to surrender, and at T1 o'clock punctually the countess in a green tunio and hat came out, followed by the men, inarching in twos. She led the men .to the British force, saluted th© officer commanding, kissed her revolver before surrendering it, and then announced: "I am"ready." The men were disarmed, and marched under armed escort to Dublin Oastlo, where seven hundred rebels are gathered. Many of the rebels throw away their rifles and ammunition and endeavoured to escape in their ordinary clothes. General Jlaxwell therefore closed all the roade and bridges leading from, tho town. STILL A FEW DISTURBANCES. Slight disturbances have taken place in Dublin and outlying districts, A body of men belonging to the Sinn Fein, headed by Br Hayes, Garrystown and fought the police, lour of whom were wounded. Bight of the attackers were identified as the men who «hoH a constable at Castlebellingham, and who wounded a 'ieutemant.