Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-05-02
Insunectlonary Forces Sud-
denly Seizs Postoffice and
Begin Shooting All Men
Dressed In KHAKI,
ARTILLERY EMPLOYED
TO DlSL0DGE SNIPERS
Many Persons Killed During
Week Of Continuous Fight
ing From Buildings and in
Streets.

\ fD--A return TO normal conditions IL
being accomplished gradually In
Dublin. and IL now Is possible 10 give I
the first complete account OF the
happenings OF the last week. Hither-
10. news Of the Dublin uprising has I
reached the outside world in frag- |
mentary form, owing TO the Interrupt
tion of teiegraphic communication |
the conflicting reports and the Ire
i auent conflict of Statements. but the |
eollapse of The rebellion has remov-
ed these conditions in great part, and
The story Of the uprising, from the
. time il began last Monday, may now
be given IN proper sequence. IN the
light of information obtained from
, authoritative sources.
What occurred was as follows:
Begin 10 shoot soldiers.
, sMonday: The first move was
r dash by members OF the Sim Fein in
[ to the general pos,office. Many OF
: these men were in the uniform of the
Irish volunteers, a body formed at
A the time men of Ulster organized
: against granting home rule 10 Ire
. land the object being TO resist any
attempt by Ulster to oppose the nome
$ | rule law. soon afterward. firing
= opened in the neighl BRING streets, Tor
: the rebels Immediately shot down any
i man in Khaki. Several officers ana
| men OF the regulhr army thus fell
: victims in the first few minutes of
e the revolt The authorities. unpre-
4 pared at first to deal with the up
e ising. ordered the police and soldiers
to retire at once TO their quarters,
none OF them being armed. In the
meantime. the rebels, according 10
their pre-arranged plan, seized other
points in the city. The authorities
We're powerless with the forces at
their disposal. to dislodge or attempt
10 combat the rebels. who. however
made great mistake, which even
tuallv cost them dearly. They either
forgot to seize the elephone exchange
II or aid not think it worth their at
| tentIon. Thus, the authorities We're
| able to send eall TO the military Of
flccrs at Camp Curragh, some thir-
Ia miles away From this point u
considerable body of troops was ini-
{ mediately dispatched 10 the capital
Rebels Grow stronger.
J
morning was virtually unchanged eX-
y cept that the rebels apparently had
increased in numbers and spread IN
small parties about the city. snipins
prevailed and numbers OF casualties
occurred among soldiers, rebels and
:. civilians No effort was undertaken
j on this day TO turn the rebels out OF
!, their strongholds as the force OF
: military on hand was still insufficieni.
: The military in London had been
:, communicated with and within a
Z short time large body of troops was
!. on the way to cope with the rebel
i lion.
: "wednesday. The authorities began
making disposition of troops, draw
i ing large Gordon of men around the
= CITY and other smaller cordons around
= the three principal areas occupied pN
= the rehels.-at Sackviile street, -
stephens green and Four courts.
These movements Of troops led to
~ much bloodshed. The rebels We're
supplied with ample ammunition and
used il so that IL was dangerous 70
- walk even few steps in the open, OF
% sit at a window. by "Wednesday ev-
= cning the two parties of compa'ahts
and the areas they occupied were
20 more or less accurately defined. Dur
~ ing the day gunboat came up the
TO river Liffer. fired several shells into
Liberty hail. which was occupied ps
n number Of rebel officers and soon
N demolished IT,
~ Artillery Necessary.
Thursday. BY this time. the cits
ne was under a vcritable hail OF bullets
The Associated Press correspondent
n with several other newspaper men
OF passed along the customs house quay
is by the north wall aud thence over
the circular road while bullets were
ed striking the walls and ground al
er around The rebels had taken pe'
he sitlon IN a flour mill on the soutI
ny side from which they harried Tn
he troops on the north side untll the au
thorities decided to use artillery Z
iislodge them. A dozen shells die
the work and the rebels retired to
disused distillery further soutl
whence they were still able to giy'
er much trouble Later in the day l
oL naval gun and field artillery turnet
their attention 60 this point. From
on ed green rebel flag The bomhard
IL emnt was spectacular. only forty
for eight shells were fired and everyone
ow hit the distlllery. but the flagsiaf
es- was not shot away and IT hung ove
me the side OF the building even after tn
to retsels had fled,
Ted Postofficc l. Sheiled.
to .'Friday sniping 10y rebel sharp
or shooters had become SO prevalent b,
w. Friday that the artillery officer i
to charge decided to shell the postoffiei
uro and nearby houses Fresh troops ar
rel, rived and the cordons We're furthe
frightened. The rebeis started fires il
no. Iseveral places in the hope. i WAS Re
ro- lparted. Of the flames reaching tn
/. castle. ON Friday might. the sky 70