THE IRISH REBELLION

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 20, 28 April 1916, Page 5

THE IRISH REBELLION

THE GUN-RUNNING AFFAIR CA&EMENT'S EXPEDITION. I j (UNITED PUE»» AfISOIUATION. | t I " London, April 27. ! The German vessel that was engaged in the attempt to land rifles in Ireland was manned by twenty picked German | naval men, under the command'' of a lieutenant and a junior officer. The 'cargo, consisting of about 20,000 rifles, machine-guns and ammunition, was hidden beneath a top layer of goods. On the voyage across the vessel kept in Norwegian territorial waters, and i crossed as far north as the Faroe Islands, when a British patrol examined her papers and found them in older. The crew spoke English and expressed friendly sympathies with the Allies, ■and the vessel was allowed to proceed.

Another British patrol boarded the ship on the north coast , of Ireland, with the result that the vessel was ordered to accompany the patrol. CASEMENT AN UNDESIRABLE. It is understood that the submarine commander received orders before leaving Kiel that whatever befel the expedition, Casement's presence was no longer desired in Germany. j When the German commander realised that his iplans had miscarried, he ordered Casement into a collapsible boat and left him to his fate. ! A motor-car jumped over a bridge into the river Laune, near Killorghin, and three passengers were drowned. Two bodies were recovered, and on |them were found revolvers ammunition, and Sinn Fein badges.

THE LANDING AT TRALEE. \ FURTHER ARRESTS ANNOUNCED. /'. London, April 27. Official: "In the House'of Commons, in reply to Sir Edward Carson, Mr Asquith made it clear that the Government: recruiting; proposals .did not ap ply vfco .Ireland..; > ; J/j j] j The' Freeman's" Journal ~on Monday 'published Tralee news that a collapsible boat,'containing a large quantity jo'f arms and ammunition } was : 'seized 'on. Friday morning on Curralntr.i strand. A stranger of unknown nationality was 'arrested in the vicinity. Later arrests include Austin Stack, a prominent member of the Tralee Irish Volunteers, and Cornelius Collins, accountant in the General Post Office at Dublin, who is charged with conspiracy and aiding' and abetting the importation of arms from Germany. A man of unknown nationality, who refused; to disclose his identity, has been conveyed to Dublin.

ATTACK ON DUBLIN CASTLE. STATEMENT BY LORD LANSDOV/NE. THE REBELS SURROUNDED. TTTnitbd Prski Ajmooution.l London, April 26. • In the House of Lords, Lord Middletoil said that the Sinn Feiners had been armed during wartime with guns, and the situation was one of the utmost danger. Lord Lansdowne said he believed that this outrage was doomed to ignominious failure, but he was not disposed to minimise its serious inconvenience. The rebels on Monday had made a half-hearted attack on Dublin Castle, but had not pressed it. They occupied St. Stephen's Green fired on the Government troops from the windows, and ! seized the post office and two railway stations. 'There were considerable 'troops from Curragh, in addition to [those at Dublin. Telegrams were comjing in to-da,> n^ —„ .

Liberty Hall, the so-called headquarters of the citizens' army, had been wholly or partially destroyed, and was occupied by the military. A complete cordon had been drawn around the centre of the town on the norm side of the river. Two more battalions were arriving this afternoon from England.

Lord Lansdowne said there had been a small rising at Ardee (Count ,y Louth) and a more serious one, in which swords were used, at Lusk, close to Lublin. The latest casualty list showed fifteen killed and twenty-one wounded; also two loyal volunteers ana two policemen had been killed and six volunteers wounded. The situation was well in hand, and there was no sign of the Government's inability to cope with the movement.

.i CASEMENT'S LANDING. Lord Lansdowne added : Regarding Sir Roger Casement, a German submarine and a German vessel with false papers pretending to bo a Dutch trader, appeared on the west coast ot Ireland. Casement and two other* landed from the submarine in a collapsible boat. A warship*• ordered the vessel to go to Queenstown. She obeyed for a time, but, then flew the German flag and scuttled herself. The crew were saved.

GOVERNMENT HAD NO j CIVIL COURTS t'UBl ENDED. '• Loudon, April 23. Lord Lcusdowne said he did not know what assistance Casement expected,in Ireland. Tlie Government had not traced any preparations for his reception or for the landing of arms, and the only specific warning of the Dublin outbreak had been received.on the day of the outbreak. The Loudon Gazette notifies th<- suspension of action of civil courts in Ireland for offences under the Defer.ce of the Realm Act | PRESS C3MMENT. 1 London, April 27. The Daily Express demands the dismissal of Lord Wimborne (Lord Lieutenant) and Mr Birrell (Secretary for Ireland), oh th.e ground that their lack of policy led to the bloodshed in Dublin.

j MARTIAL LAW GENERAL. | (Received 10.40 a.m.) : London, April 27. J Renter reports that martial law has been declared all over Ireland. SITUATION STILL SEKiOUS. STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS. I ' THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY. SIR EDWARD CARSON AND MR REDMOND. EXPRESSIONS OF DETESTATION. URGENCY OF POLITICAL UNITY. (Received 11.10 a.m!) London. April 27. In the House of Commons, Mr Asquith said that to-day's news of Ireland showed that the situation hold some of the important public buildings in Dublin. Fighting in the streets continues. Troops Save been and were being strongly reinforced. The Government, after careful invetigations, were satisfied that the forces despatched -were adequate to deal with the situation. The Cabinet 'lioid decided to-day tpat the Irish Executive must forthwith.declare martial law all over Ireland.

(dhedrs)* 1 ' R3Y3J tAVO*i <j Mr Asquith, continuing, said that while martiaL law prevailed, military censorship would he necessary, but he hoped to allow some latitude in the transmission of any new subject. Public and military requirements of the Government must be first, as it was their paramount duty to restore order and stamp out the rebellion with all possible promptitude. That being done, the obligation undoubtedly rested on the Government to hold searching investigations into the cause of and the Responsibility for these events. • Lord Lonsdale asked whether Mr Birrell had brought under the notice cf Cabinet the dangerous state of affairs in Ireland, and whether the Executive's failure to take action was duo to any decisio nof the Cabinet. Mr Asquith replied: "Certainly •.lot.'' Sir Edward Carson said: "I feel quite satisfied with Mr Asquith's .statement and gladly join with Mr Redmon 1 in everything which can be done to denounce and put down these rebels aovr and for ever more. I hope that the newspapers will not try to cause political dissensions in relation to Lne Irish question."—(Cheers). Mr Redmond, on behalf of his Nationalist colleagues and t- u overwhelm ing majority of the people of Ireland, expressed detestation and horror at : these proceedings, and joined with E»ir Edward Carson in cordially hoping that the newspapers and public men of Britain will not use the events in Ireland as. a political weapon against any Partv.—(Cheers). ;

OPTIMISTIC OPINION OF EXVICEROY OF IRELAND. GALLANTRY QF THE IRISH. (.Received 10.40 a.m.) New York, Apr.il 27. Earl Aberdeen, ex-Viceroy of Ireland, in an interview, predicted that the Irish revolt would soon be suppressed. The main body responsible for Irish opinion was against it. Lord Aberdeen' believed that the outbreak was not the cause of' any revolution of English opinion against Ireland, nor the influence of granting Home Rule. The gallantry of the Irish regiments was a set-off against this rising. "A WILD IRISHMAN." THE FANATICAL CASEMENT. MAO OR A TRAITOR. (Received 8.30 a.m.) Adelaide, April 28. The Governor, in an interview regarding the situation in Ireland, states that ho served in Southern Nigeria in the nineties with Casement, who was then under the Foreign Office. He was always regarded as a wild Irishman. Although a charming fellow, lie .was a bit of a fanatic in anything he 'attempted. ' The Governor has no qualms about the situation. The authorities ought possibly to make short work of the malcontents. He has no doubt Case|ment's raid was timed for the rising. j'fhe whole thing was the result of j German intrigue. He knows no rcaj son why Casement should be antagoInistio to the British Government as he 'always had good billet's, and should |have been just the opposite, instead of turning on his country which employed and trusted him. He was 'either mad or a traitor. If the former, he ought to be put out of harm'. 0 way, and if a renegade, there was only one way to deal with him. t