THE IRISH REBELLION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 24, 3 May 1916, Page 5

THE IRISH REBELLION.

USK Of THE WHITE FLAG. DETAILS OF THE SURRENDER. United I'rem association London, May ~z. Official.—The rebels at Euniscorth,\ liiiro surrendered. A thousand prisoners wore taken in Dublin Hall of them have been deported to England. The first large hatch of surrender* tool; place at the Parnell Statue in Sackville Street on Sunday forenoon. when f-jf) rebels gave themselves tip About the same hour ten County Meath rebels came up, with a while flag, offering to surrender on behalf of their comrades. They were taken to Dublin Castle, where they were spoken to by Pearse, who told them the actual state of affairs.

Shortly afterwards, the rebels at Four Courts and St. Stephen's Green surrendered, and the few remaining in Jacobs' factory and the College of Surgeons surrendt-iod at three o'clock i: 1 the afternoon. . OFFICIAL STATEMENT. A communique says: All the rebels in Dublin have surrendered, and the rebels in country districts are surrendering to mobile columns. It is re ported that arms are likely to be handed in to-day at Cork city.

I 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. The;, were informed that'surrender must be unconditional, and this was accepted at six o'clock this morning. DRAMATIC INCIDENTS. The rebels' first offer to surrendei came dramatically. At 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon ( as the cordon slowly closed on the rebels' main strongholds in the Sackville f-.'treet area, suddenly a white flag appeared above the smoke at the Post Office, and Pearse and Connolly, who is hadly wounded, 'emerged'- and signed an unconditional surrender.

Half of Saekvilta Street is in ashes, the handsome shops and business houses being in ruins. Almost the only things-untouched aris the monuments.

The deaths number hundreds. The roofs of Four Courts are. littered With bodies. ;

; .Among the insurgents the first jitep was the' circulation Of reports that \;crdun had "'fallen, that 1 Holland had declared war oh Britain, and that the British (feel had been'defeated in the North Sea, losing eighteen ships to Germany's eight. These fabrications were issued in a broadsheet, which also asserted that the troops giij. Ireland had been everywhere fepHsseci,'and that the populace were siding witli the republicans. 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 fortress, Jacob's biscuit factory, was ;cap>Hred op, Sunday, being finally subdued by the artillery.

APATHY AMONG'THE iM ASSES. BARRICADES INTACT. The news of the surrender was received with apathy in the Dublin .slums. General Maxwell maintains the barricades intact. Sentries with rifles have laid sandbags and man the barricades, and the population of the Sinn Fein districts is thus cut off from the rest of the city, and the peoplo are restless and suspicious. Elsewhere, the populacfc are going to Mass to listen'to sermons denouncing the rebels. Many of the population had' their first square meal since Vae republic was proclaimed. The wider thoroughfares were filled by soldiers, who lay on the pavement utterly exhausted. Few slept more than an hour at a time during thb week.

Gangs of dirty unkept insurgents are constantly being marched through the empty streets to the gaol, between double files of troops with fixed bayonets. The rebels are of all ages and social standing. About one in five were wearing green tunics and breeches. All the prisoners were in the last stage of exhaustion. Their faces were haggard and eyes sunken, hut there were no signs of dejection, but were rather defiant and scowling. There was a little demonstration in the streets. Old women spat at the rebels and cried, "You dirty dogs!" Some of the leaders were picturesque figures, including Sheehy and Skeffington, who were garbed in bright green and long top boots when they were killed at the Post Office. The Coun-

tess Mai kiewii.7. was in a man's uniform when she surrendered at Saint Stephen's Gu •"!. ■> WAITING THE COURT-MARTIAL. The Sinn Feiners a; St. Jreen put up a gallant light, many being killed before the remnant, about si dozen, surrendered. It is expected that the rebels will be ourt-mnrtialled immediately. Their ■>.te will attract little pity from .hei" ■How countrymen. ■Pearse am! Connolly pleaded hard nth General Maxwell to >.-cip-e terms for the rank and file, but finally realised that argument was useless, and ■.greed to an immediate cessation. A CITY RUINED. Dublin as a business city is ruined, md it is impossible that capitalists can find profitable employment for. their noney there for years to come.

THE OFFICIAL REPORT. DUBLIN QUIET AND SAFE. REBELS SURRENDERING QUICKLY. THE COUNTRY GENERALLY QUIET. The High Commissioner reports: — London, May 1 (8.15 p.m.) Dublin City is reported to be quie^ ind safe. Rebels in the country districts sur •endered to the mobiles columns. One .housand prisoners were in Dublin yes;erday, and 489 were sent to Engl-.n-J ast night. In Qucenstown hopes are entertain, ">d as arms are being handed in to-day m Cork City. During last night the Enmscorthy rebels offered to surrender their leaders on condition that the rank and hie vere allowed to retur nto their hnnws, ',ut they were informed that only unconditional terms would he accepted, Hid the rebels are now surrendering. Wicklow Arklow, Dunlavin, Bagnelrtown, Wexford, New Ross and the Counties of Cork, Clare, Limerick, Kerry, are generally quiet ; also tlic, whole of tflster.

IMPERIAL PROCLAMATION* J WARNING OF EXTREME j , MEASURES. ; ;. THE WAY TO SURRENDER. | (Received'B.3s a.m.) j London, May 2. General Maxwell on Sunday i i -si«?d a proclamation warning inhabitants or Dublin that he intended, if necessary, to blow un the areas where the rebel, iere entrenched/ and that the tants in the affected areas must leave their houses, especially* women and. children. They would be well treated if they approached the sentries with a White Flag. The men must nbt have their hands in their pockets, nut if their bona fides were proved, they would also be allowed to leave. REBELS STRUCK WsT*i Tt-BROR. DEVICES TO OBTAIN MUNtTIONB.

REAUSATION OF tIiE ENp. REBEL COUNTESS HEADS THE SURRENDER. (Received 8.35 a.m.) i London, May 2. The proclamation struck terror into the rebels, who had been in good heart for the greater part of the week. They had adopted many ingenious devices to get ammunition. Guards opened two coffins at Rathmines a suburb of Dublin, when it was found that one contained a body and the other ammunition.. The rebels now realised the impossibility of facing the cannon and a wholesale explosion of the houses. Markiewicz, commanding the rebels at the Royal College of Surgeons, St. Stephen's Green, defended it stubbornly until Sunday morning; then a White Flag replaced the Green. A British officer ordered the garrison to surrender, and at 11 o'clock punctually the Countess, attired in a Green tunic and hat, came out, followed by the men marching in two's. She led :ho m<ni to Britishers, saluted the officer commanding, and kissed her revolver before surrendering ; then she announced : "I am ready!" The men disarmed, and were marched under an armed escort to Dublin Castle, where seven hundred rebels had gathered. Many Sinn Feiners threw away their rifles and ammunition and endeavored to escape in their ordinary clothes. General Maxwell therefore closed the bridges and road.

A MINOR DISTURBANCE. SINN FEINERS AND THE POLICE. (Received 9.15 a.m.) London, May 2. Slight disturbances occurred in Dublin and the outlying districts. A body of Sinn Feiners, beaded by Dr. Hays, who was interned at (iarristown (Dublin) fought the police, four of whom were wounded. Eight men were arrested, two of whom were identified as having been connected with (he shooting of a constable at Castlebellinghain (South) and woundeing a lieutenant.

( THE DAMAGE IN DUBLIN. 'calculated AT TWO MILLION. I (Received B.Co a.m.) London, May 2. It is calculated that the damege in Dublin amounts to two million sterling. The people are concerned whether the Government will give any financial aid. ENGLISH PRESS COMMENT. THE QUESTION OF PUNISHMENT. (Received 11.5 a.m.) Tendon, May 2. The Daily Chronicle advises that the rebels be treated without futile vindietiveness. The Court may find that Casement is insane. The Government should study General Botha'," policy. He distinguished between three types, first, the leaders, like Maritz, who were bought by German gold and on whom General Botha was prepared to inflict capital punishment; others,- like De Wet, whose motives were less reprehensible received periods of detent ive imprisonment; while the rank and file were treated with conspicuous leniancy. There were comparatively few Irishmen who were conscious of the agents of the plot, but some derived money and supplies from Germans through Irish- 1 American channels. These should be distinguished from the anti-British hot-heads. . ... *. REBELS VERY DEJECTED. AN "UNKNOWN" DESTINATION!

(Received 10 a.m.) London, May 2. The four hundred and fifty rebels who have reached Holyhead are very dejected. Many were young men, who paraded the platform surrounded by troops with fixed bayonets, and were thence forwarded to an unknown destination.