THE IRISH REBELLION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 22, 1 May 1916, Page 5

THE IRISH REBELLION.

■ ■—» ' INTERMITTENT FIGHTING. "CONNOLLY, THE COMMANDANT." RnfCUS AiSfiOOIATiOI* London, April 30. Friday night’s report from Dublin states that troops were arriving. All day there had been intermittent fighting, with disadvantage to the rebels, principally around Jacobs’ factory, which the rebels had stocked with food on Monday evening. The building is now afire.

Connolly issued passports to persons desirous of leaving Dublin, signed, "Commandant Irish Republican Army.” Some women ; carrying of ammunition, marched alongside the rebels. There was considerable looting in Sackville Street. The rebels established themselves in shopSj and sold boots to women for threepence a pair, and are giving them away to the poor. The flat roofs are affording the rebels scope for their tactics. They He flat or else hide behind the chimneys, from thence firing-on the soldiers, who have little chance of replying. Rebels in The outlying flistricts practised the ruse when the military appeared of pretending to be watering their gardens, but immediately the soldiers passed the hose became rifles, and many soldiers were shpt in this nay. ■ There was free fighting, in the neighbourhood of Jacobs’ factory between Loyalist women and rebel women nho were trying to get food into the garrison. Fifteen hundred rebels entered Jacobs’ building, while the three thousand workers were holiday-making, and there were only a few cleaners and repairers on the premises. The ordinary rabble participated in the looting, and practically every shop in Grafton Street was cleared. Women and girls held their aprons and dresses, as baskets, to receive jewellery and watches.

; ;rs*MfcTßio H&TAWTHE IRBSH , .i.J,‘.) vie » ! i CHANCE OF EXECUTIVE PROSf ABLE. I .a •; 1 t-.w-tiUDrr.j juvija ' London, April 29. ! The Daily Chrouigle pays changes in the Irish Executive are‘Wkfely, but. Lord .Wimborne;; who has acted with vigor’ and "initiative, will rbrriain tvr.ri t v • as A iceroy. In the House of Commons, Mr H. Craik gave notice of a resolution in favor of petitioning the King to suspend Lord Wimhorne and Mr Birrell, and for appointing a commission to inquire into their administration of affairs. i r f> .j f r • ■< ■ ■ i;■ 1 -■ '{■ VON ICEL’S PAPERS AND CASENew York, ApDl 29. i t is reported .on. good authority, that Von Igel’s papers contained details of the Dublin riot, and these revelations contributed to Casement’s arrest. , THE POSITION IN DUBLIN. START OF THE REBELLION. ' DETERMINED FIGHTING. (Received 8,15 a.m.) ■ London, April 30. The Daily Chronicle’s Dublin correspondent states that during the week-end many Sinn Feiners arrived in Dublin on holiday, the races and spring show affording creditable excuses. The city was quiet until 12,30 on Monday afternoon, when the not 1 broke out; A small, body of armed men entered the pdst office without resistance. A squadron of Hussars drew up before the building afteiwards, and was fired at. One man dropped from his saddle and two horses were shot dead,- r.. . The Castle was attacked at the same moment, the policeman on duty being shot dead. The forecourt was entered and the great tomes of the law, library were used as a barricade for the windows and doors. The rebels strongly entrenched, and offered a stubborn icsistance to the machine-gun fire and cavalry charges. A civilian who unwittingly walked towards the Sein Feiners’ trenches was told to go hack, but he refused, and was shot dead.

A gunboat on the Liffey shelled Liberty Hall, and when the bombardment ceased thirty dead were found in the building.

One of the rebels’ first acts was to wreck the machines in the newspaper offices, and no papers were issued except the Irish Times, which came out in the form of a single sheet, containing the Government bulletin.

MOTOR-CAR DASH UNDER FIRE. A THRILLING EXPERIENCE. A brother and sister - arriving in London, in an interview by Lloyd? | News, toll a thrilling story of a motor I car dash under the fire of the rebels bullets through the storm-centre of Dublin. The narrative runs: ’ “We were staying in a house at rhnenbr Park, and the soldiers were 'ciaartered on us after the outbreak and thereafter the house was a targe; for the rebels’ rifles across the river and whenever aßead was shown, showers of bullets came crashing along. It was too hot for us, and we left on Friday in a motor car. The Sinn Fein ers rained bullets almost incessantly and our progress was impeded by the military frequently stopping the car and delaying our arrival at Kingston-, by several hours. Subsequently we learned that a titled woman-leader was wounded and taken prisoner. The rebels respect no one, in some cases not even their own priests, two of whom in trying to warn them of their folly—one being the famous Father Dougherty—being promptly shot.”

A FIGHT TO THE DEATH. (Received 8.15 a.r-) _ London, April 30.. Mr M. J. Flavin, National M.R for Kerry in the House of Commons, in an interview on his return to Ton* don. said: “I am told that the Smn Feiners are in possession of West Landrow station, and have resolved to die at their post.”

LARKIN’S FIRST LIEUTENANT. The Central News belie" o * that Larkin is in the United States.. While Larkin is an ignorant, bustling, voluble lire-brand, Connolly is qtueter. better educated, more intelligent, and far more dangerous. Formerly he was a clerk in Liverpool, where he imbibed extreme Socialism, Subseonently ho showed, unlike Larkin, that he had constructive ability, and ho published several pamphlets on Labour ajrid is credited with various social schemes which he established, with somq in connection with Liberty Hall. Nevertheless, he i Iter and uncompromising as -Lavkin. He was personally connected with the stiike in We*for<T|¥fst Whig arid 1 ' was actively associaUd- ‘-with' all. Larkin’s disastrous labour troubles in Dublin. ■ ■ . rii IciATUIfC ; The position improving. SERIOUS RESISTANCE IN DUBLIN. HOUSE-TO-HOUSE FIGHTING. if i : . (Recjrivod 8,39. Or-tp. ) r 1 • C ’f ■ 1 Lon&opj i!April £ > A communique on the Irish situation in Dhblin says it has (cflpiiderably since Saturday morning, but the rebels are offering serious resistance in tlie neighbourhood of Sackyille street. A cordon of troops is encircling this quarter and steadily closing in on them. House-to-house fighting rendered progress slow. ( The post office rind ri-lflbCk'bfi byikL ijng in east Sackville !iWesefc' .woitß destroyed by fire. I A party of rebels was driven .-’Wit of Bolands mill, at Ring’s Mud; by guns mounted on lorries, REBEL LEADER WOUNDED. TERMS OF SURRENDER MOOTED. One of the rebel leaders in this area named Pearse was wounded in the leg. Pearse, who surrendered in the 1 evening, assorts that he has authority to accept the same terms, of surrender for ids followers. DEATH OF THE LEADER. James Connolly was reported to have been killed., jt The rebels still hold four courts in the district, but a cordon of troops surrouuds trie area, and are gradually closing in. ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE. All the information points to the conclusion that the rebellion is on the verge of collapse. A considerable number of rebels have been made prisoners. REST OF IRELAND QUIET. Reports from the rest of Ireland arc generally satisfactory. Belfast and Ulster are normal. Londonderry is satisfactory. Of a baud of rebels located between Athenry and Craughwcll, nineteen were captured. Another baud is eiitreucried at Inniscorthy.

The polite are still holding out to keep the roads and railways clear to within four miles of the town.

««Efcgt j NIPPED IN THE BUD. UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. DUBLIN LEADERS CRY ENOUGH. (Received 8.55 a.m.) New York, April 30i. A Router message says; It is retried that all the leaders of the inarrectlon at Dublin have surrendered SEBELS SHOOT REGARDLESS OF CONSEQUENCES. GERMAN-MADE AMMUNITION. ) GALLANTRY OF IMPERIAL TROOPS. KERRY COT CASEMENT I (Received 11.50 a.in.) London, April 30. The Dublin rebels at the outset ridded the tram cars regardless of the consequences. Some wounded soldiers ,-ho were limping on crutches expostuated “For God’s sake do not shoot nnoccnts! You are killing mothers aid sisters!” The -miscreants./heartessly wounded the ' expostulates. , The rebels’ ammunition is Germanoade. TKo'hoxes bore German lettorng. • • ■ : The Soldiers used eighteen-pounders ,n|h great effect on the rebel strongholds. Of the troops engaged, many were uexperienced with actual warfare, but hey fohght like veterans and incurred leadly risks on narrow winding staircases clearing out the snipers. The people of Kerry are proud of bhe distinction of securing Casement’s irrest. A farmer gathering seaweed liscovered the suspicious boat and immediately informed the authorities.

SENM FEIN RIOTS. Tlie following appeared in the Springfield Republican on 23rd March i—- • “Sinn Fefqtrioters fired on the police, in Ireland bn Monday night, ; spys a despatch ftom'London' Three of the police whie wohndpd. The rioting pc-, at Tullam^re** King’s A, police i'bunded. seripusl.V! nhd\a inspector ! ahd 'a district, iiispectpr received slight wounds,. 1 “Th&ie hai'O.ibeen intimations of dis 1 - 1 turbid condition!, in some parts of Ire’aitd in several recent despatches. On l|ith pVfarch th|; !, holice of Cork raided tW| residences of : the principal officials of the Sinn Fein party and seized arms indlammWitioh.

“The London Post last week said the situation in Ireland Was serious on account of the activity of the Sinn Fein Society. It asserted a vigorous campaign against recruiting was being carried out without serious hindrance in the west and south, and that several persons hajd acquitted.” - The same [journal quoted the London .Morning Pp'st as saying trves of patriotism English newspapers hitherto have refrained from ing on the situation in Ireland, but it is: developing with such rapidity ami gravity that silence is no longer possible. ■ “Thrpugb.the southland i u'esfc;"a‘vig-" orons campaign cruiting carried out serious dhhdrlihcel Within a few weeks : several persons have been indicted and tried in Dublin, but in every case acquitted by the jury amid tumultuous applause Irom those in the Courtroom, .at tnese tnais took place before oruuiary juries, - and we await with imminence the time when too authorities ■I iii utilise tneir powers to nave sue a eases tried Dei ore special juries 01 limitary tnouuais. ••in Cork a cummittee recently appointed to organise ot. Patrick s Uay ceieoratious was oltered the use oi several companies or insn soldiers, out aie committee refused to allow them to participate, stating m reply: •me British Army is in nostile occupation of Ireland and it would be absurd fin lielgians to invite a contingent from tue German Army to participate in a pelgian national celebration.’ ” “OURSELVES ALONE.” Sinn Fein is a name composed of Qeltic words which have been freely translated as meaning “ourselves alone.” The guiding idea is Ireland tor the Irish. While the Irish Parliamentary Party has aimed at securing Home Rule through the British Parliament, the Smn Fein party, which is opposed to Parliaments nanism, has striven to build up in Ireland a political and industrial self-sufficiency. Its overt activities included the fostering of Irish industries, the foundation ot national banks, and the opening of foreign trade. It is easy to see that a .policy of commercial, political, and mental detachment from England could easily, in a time of excitement, be extended into something more incisive. While the Sinn Fein movement has been a constructive force in Irish industrialism and Irish life, its hostile attitude to the Union, and its coldness towards any form of Parliamentary government within the Union, has put it passively in opposition both to Engj land and to Horn© Rule. And the transition from passive to active is not (difficult.

THE OFFICIAL REPORT. THE CORDON TIGHTENS. DISTURBANCES ELSEWHERE. Official: The cordon is tightening round the rebels, who are confined to their barricades. Considerable damage has been done by fires t and a large one is still burning in Sackville Street. I Disturbances are reported from Galway, Enniscorthy, Killarney, Clonmel, and Gorey. Tho cordon round the district has

been drawn closer, and the rebels Nil now confined behind their line of barffefl cades. Sniping from houses whereia small parties of rebels have establish* ed themselves, in various parts of thf city, still continues, and is most prpj valent north-west of Four Oourt«| which is still in possession of the lip hels. The clearance of the snipers « only a matter tif time. ! DAMAGE BY FIRES. . ! There was considerable damage by fires on the 27th, and a large one w • still burning in Sackville Street. LOCAL DISTURBANCES. • . . 't-Wi i The principal scenes of further disturbances are in County Galway and in Enniscorthy, while disturbances are also reported from Killarney, Clonmel and Gorey. Matters appear normal elsewhere. The general trend of' the X| reports indicates that the disturbances Jj are local in character. <1