A SINN FEIN LEADER KILLED.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 102, 1 May 1916, Page 5

A SINN FEIN LEADER KILLED.

FAMOUS PRIEST SHOT. TITLED WOMAN IMPRISONED. DETAILS OF REBEL WORK. (Reed. 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, April 30. Th e Daily Chronicle states that in Dublin, during the week-end, many Sinn Feiners arrived, the holiday for the races and the spring show affording credible excuses. The city wa s quiet until 12.30 on Monday afternoon, when the riot broke out. and a small body of armed men entered the Post Office without resistance. A squadron of Hussars drew up to the building afterwards and was fired at, and oii o man dropped from his saddle. The Castl-e was attacked, and at the saim- moment policemen on duty were shot, dead. The Forecourt was entered and the great tombes at the Law Library were used to barricade windows and doors. Rebels, strongly entrenched, offered stubborn resistance to machine-gun fire and cavalry charges. A civilian who unwittingly walked towards the Sinn Feiners' trenches, was told to go back; he refused, and was' shot dead. A gunboat on the Liffey shelled Liberty Hall. When bombardment ceased, 30 dead were found in th e building. One of the rebels' first acts was to wreck t-he machines in newspaper offices. No papers wer e issued, except the Irish Times, which came out as a single sheet, containing a Government bulletin.

! A bEotlier and sister arriving in London, interviewed by Ll'oyd's News, told a thrilling story of a motor-car dash under fire of rebels' bullets, through a storm centre in Dublin. They said: "We were staying in a house in Phoenix Park; soldiers were quartered on us after the outbreak, and thereafter the house was a target for rebel rifles across the river. Whenever a head was shown, showers of bullets came crashing along. It was too hot for us and we left on Friday in a mo-tor-car. Sinn Feiners rained bullets almost incessantly and our progress was impeded by the military frequently stopping the car, delaying our arrival at Kingstown by several hours. Subsequently Ave learned that a titled woman had been wounded and made I prisoner. The rebels respect no one, j-in somecases not even,their own priests J Two priests tried to warn them of j their folly. One, the famous Father I Dougherty, wag promptly shot.''

Mr. Flavin, M.P„ interviewed on his return to London, said: "I am in told that Sinn Feiners are in possession of West Landrow station, resolved to die at their post." The General News believes that Larkin is in the United States. While Larkiii- is an ignorant, volublte firebrand, Connolly is quieter and better educated. He is more intelligent and far more dangerous. He was formerly a clerk in Liverpool, where he imbibed extreme socialism. He subsequently showed, unlike Larkin, that he had constructive ability. He published several pamphlets on labour matters, and is credited with various social schemes, wdiich he established with some success in connection with Liberty Hall'. Nevertheless, he is always as extreme and uncompromising as Larkin. He is personally connected with the strike at Wexford, which is almost ruining the city, and he is actively associated with all Larkin's disastrous labour troubles in Dublin. (Reed. 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, April 30. Tb e Dublin rebels at the outset riddled trams and cars regardless of conquences. Some wounded soldiers, limping on crutches, expostuated, saying, "For God's sake, do not shoot the innocent; you are killing our mothers and sisters." But the miscr.eants heartlessly wounded the expostulators. The rebels' ammuniton is Germanmade and the boxes bore German lettering. The soldiers used eighteen-pounders with great effect on the rebels' strongholds. Of the troops engaged, many are inexperienced in actual warfare, but they fought like veterans and incurred most deadly risks in narrow > winding staircases, clearing out snipers. The people of Darby are proud of the distinction in securing Casement's arrest. A farmer gathering seaweed discovered the suspicious-looking boat and immediately informed the authorities. BRITAIN'S AERIAL SERVICES GREATER VIGOUR URGED. LONDON, April 29. The Navy League made a demonstration at the Queen's Hall, and urged ion the Qjoverjnment 'urgencjy for more vigorous and comprehensive measures. Lord Yerburgh presided, and the chief speaker was Lord Montague of Beaulieu (who recently resigned from the Defence Committee).