Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-23

Dublin, Ireland, the scene of the late
riots in that country, by his son, Rev
Richard Evans, Jr., pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal church in this
city:
J 81, Ashfield Road, Ranelagh,
Dublin, April %, 1916.
Il sit down to write you, but don't
know when I can mail it with any
idea of its being forwarded. We
thought we might be receiving a let
ter from you this week, but, if it is
due, we may never get it. Thereby
hangs a tale"
Il went out on Monday about 8
o'clock for a walk about here and
Rathmines. AS I got near home I
met Mr.. Crawford, who told me we had
an outbreak of civil war in the city;
that the Sim Feign portion of the ma
tiOnal volunteers had arisen, had taken
possession of the postoffice, cut the
telegraph and telephone communica-
tions, barricaded the principal streets,
turned out w. & R. Jacobs biscuit
factory and occupied it and some other
places, had occupied Stevens Green
and dug trenches there,-all since
midday. 1t being Easter Monday the
city was empty of folks away on the
holiday. They stopped the tram cars
and trains so that many could not get
home. They had everything their own
way, and started looting which they
continued until Tuesday evening.
Seven thousand men were brought up
from the Curragh. Two transports
that were ready for France were sent
round to Kingston and landed their
quota of troops. Since then it is real
war. The city is proclaimed (martial
law). Many houses large and small
are burned down, and very many
killed. Places where the rebels have
made their rendezvous are brought
down about their heads, and many
who are known to be of their clan,
having signed themselves rebels, have
been arrested, and possibly will be
shot. There are no people in the
city but soldiers and rebels. Some
of the finest business houses are
burned. No mail or other connection
with the outside. I hear that the mil
itary is going to gas the rebels out of
the postOffice tonight; they hate to
pull down the building"
1--WE live quite in the south about
two miles from the center. We have
quite a number of shops near us, with
large number of private residences.
run on these shops for food supplies,
the people knowing they cannot get
them from town. Thus the shops are
cleared; and there is no bread, and
folks have to bake while little flour
lasts. There are no potatoes. Our
hope is that the thing will soon be
finished, and markets available again.
We have no newspapers, local or
English, since Tuesday, except one is
sue of the Irish Times with the pro-
clamation. For all we know, they
may be as bad in Cork and Kerry and
Connaught."
Monday evening, May 1st.-Sat-
urday, about four o'clock, there was
a report that all was over, and for two
hours we did not hear a shot. But
it turns out that 700 had surrendered,
and others refused, so that matters
went on worse than ever. The military
has been shooting down houses about
their ears day and night. Nearly half
Sackville street is in ruins. The gen.
eral postoffice, the Metropole hotel,
Eason's, Arnott's, Clery's and a host
of others, are destroyed. In other
parts of the city the same dread work
is going on now while l write. The
fellows force their way into houses
at the point of the gun, and snipe
from the windows. However, it is
nearly over. The leaders are in
prison and some dead. Among the
rest there were three German and two
Austrian officers"