Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-04-26
TWELVE KILLED
IN IRISH REVOLT
London Says Troops Restored
Order in Dublin.
RIOTERS HOLD SOME PLACES
Several Arrests Made-Outbreak Be-
Jieved Part Of German Plot, To.
oether With Easement Land
ina and Raids.

munication issued here concerning the
situation in Dublin says:
AT noon yesterday serious disturb
ances broke out in Dublin. A large
party OF men identified with the Sim
Fein party, mostly armed, occupied
Stephens Green and took possession
forcibly Of the post Office where they
cut the telegraph and telephone wires.
Houses also were occupied in Ste
phen's Green, Sackville street, Abbey
street and along the quays.
Twelve Known Dead.
"In the course of the day soldiers
arrived from the Curragh and the situ-
alton is now well in hand. So far as
is known here three military officers,
four or five soldiers, two loyal volun-
teers and two policemen have been
killed and four or five military officers
and six volunteers wounded. No ex-
act information has been received Of
the casualties on the side of the Sim
Feiners.
Reports received from Cork, Linn
erick, Ennis, Tralee and Tipperary
show that no disturbances of any kind
have occurred in these localities"
Augustine Birrell, chief secretary
for Ireland, announced in the house of
commons the disturbances in Dublin.
He added that troops had been sent to
the Irish capital and that the situation
was now we'll in hand.
He declared that the rebels were in
possession of four or five parts of the
city.
Second Riot Breaks.
Rioting broke out afresh after SOL
diers arriving from Curragh put down
the first rebellion, he said, but these
also had been quelled. He said at
first he understood the soldiers had
recaptured the Dublin post office,
which was taken by the rebels in the
first outbreak, but the interruption of
Geographic communication prevented
his giving details.
He gave assurances that the situa.
ton was we'll in hand. Several ar
could not give names, he said.
Immediately upon the return to Lon
don of Premier Asquith from his
Easter outing Mr.. Birrell called upon
him.
All in German Plot.
The raid by German warships, the
first since the bombardment of Scar
borough and Hartlepool on December
l16, 1914, was at once connected in the
public mind with the outbreak in Dub
lin, Sir Roger Easements attempted
landing on the Irish coast and the
midnight Zeppelin raid.
The general opinion was that the
Germans planned three-angle cam
paign of terrorism, counting upon first
starting an uprising in Ireland and
then descending upon the east coast
with cruisers and Zeppelins.
1t is believed that the Germans,
using Sir Roger. Easement as a tool,
carefully planned in advance a revo-
luton, counting upon Sir Rogers dra-
matte appearance at the head of
German force to sweep the country.
Had Warning Of Trouble.
The outbreak was not entirely un-
expected. For several weeks numer-
GUS Irish newspapers have been ap.
pearing, carrying seditious articles op-
posing any participation in the war
on the part of Irishmen. The organ
lzation known as the Irish Volunteers
has held parades as counter-demon-
STATIONS to the efforts of English re-
cruiting agents and despite the strong
stand for the government taken by
John Redmond and other Irish party
leaders.
The situation has been growing
more serious in the last few weeks
and number Of papers which be-
came particularly violent in their agi-
tation against recruiting were sup
pressed.
It has been known to the govern
ment that this propaganda was car
ried on with the encouragement Of
German agents, If not with the aid of
German money.
While the revolt that he supposedly
had come to lead was in progress, Sir
Roger Easement was in London, an
English prisoner 1t was officially an
that he had been brought to
London Saturday for trial.
Censor WithhoIds Details.
Owing probably to the British CEN
sorship, only the bare facts in con-
nection with the arrest Of Sir Roger
Easement and the present situation in
ireland have been made public. It
was announced officially that an at
tempt was made last week to land
arms and ammunition in Ireland from
= German auxiliary, under the guise
Of a neutral merchant ship, in conjunc-
ton with a German submarine. The
auxiliary was sunk and number of
prisoners, including Sir Roger, were
made.
In another London dispatch it was
Indicated that unsettled conditions
prevail in certain parts Of Ireland.