Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-26
TROOPS SPEED TO QUELL
REVOLUTION IN IRELAND
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dispatch was written to indicate that he
was in any danger.
Private adyices which came from Irish
quarters outside of Dublin said that ma
chine guns were used In the street fight
ing in Dublin and that the losses among
the separatsts (revolutionists) were
heavy.
Fires were started In the Irish capital
at the height of the hghting ana some
buildings were destroyed. The postoffice
building, about which some of the fiercest
fighting ragged, is riddled with bullets and
all the windows smashed.
CAUSES OF REVOLUTION.
The government was bitterly criticised
by some of the leading London papers to-
day for not having taken precautions ex-
tensive enough to prevent an uprising. 1t
has been known for some time that the
revolutionary feeling in Ireland has been
growing This has been fostered by the
following agencies:
- % The proposal that conscription be
extended to Ireland;
(2) The action Of the British Govern
ment in not allowing the Home Rule bill
to go into effect
(3) The decree of the government cut
ting off the immigration of Irish, to the
United States and,
90 The activities of anti-British and
German agents who have carried on a
vigorous propaganda for many months.
The temper of the Irish people has been
shown by fiery anti-Britsh TRADES in
some of the smaller Irish newspapers and
the extreme reluctance of the Irishmen to
enlist.
NO COMMUNICATION YET.
Dublin was still cut Off from telegraphic
communication today. and according to
the best available information the prin-
cipal part of the Irish capital is still in
the hands of the rebels. II is believed that
serious fighting between the Sim Fein
forces and the Government troops con-
tinues. though the revolt thus far has not
spread to other districts
The general postofflce. captured at the
beginning of the disorders, Is believed to
be stil in the hands of the rebels. The
Daily Chronicle pointed out editorially
today that the official statement from the
press bureau last night did not claim the
recapture of IAN important position seized
by the rebels" and remarked that this
omission suggests that the rebels are
still holding out
Information regarding the revolt is
still confined to the official dispatches.
The censor has passed no press dispatches
on the fighting and the London newspa-
pers today fell back upon editorial COM
ment on the uprising.
For several weeks rumors that revo-
luton was impending in Ireland have been
in circulation, some reports even fixing
the outbreak definitely on Easter Sunday.
"rhe outbreak will not come quite as a
bolt out of the blue sky for any one in
touch with the Irish affairs" said the
Chroniclel Ever since the Ulster Volun-
teers set up their deplorable example of
open lawlessness and armed defiance of
the Crown. the temptation of all Irish ex-
tremists has been to preach violence as
the one argument to which English rule
must listen.
LESS than a month ago the Ulster vol
unteers perpetrated a sensational act of
lawlessness at Breagh, near Portsdown,
A large detachment with rifles and ammu-
milton marched to a hall being built by the
Hibernians, utterly demolishing it and