South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-01
nternatlonaI News Service:

News Service:
LONDON, May ALTHOUGH Peter
Pearce, self-proclaimed provisional
president Of the republic of ireland"
has ordered his followers TO lay
down their arms, fighting is still in
progress at a number Of points.
Information received here today
from KingstOwn stated that the
rebels in Dublin had almost ex-
hausted their supply Of ammunition
and that the fighting there had
grown down to intermittent sniping.
Large bodies of troops. supported
by field artillery and machine guns,
were sent to Enniscorthy. z miles
from Wexford, where the rebels re-
fused 10 surrender.
Throughout Dublin and the sub
Urbs the supply of food has become
so low that poor families are threat
ened with famine. This is due TO
the fact that the railroads have
been used during the past six days
for military purposes and no food
stuffs were sent into the Irish cap
ital.
Claim Revolt is Crushed.
In official circles it is claimed that
the revolt Of the Sim Feiners has
been crushed. However, military
law will be maintained in Ireland
until order has been restored.
The declaration that German sub
marines were used as hlibusters to
land arms in Ireland is borne out by
the statement Of a British officer in
Dublin that two German officers
were found among the slain in the
streets Of the Irish capital. It is
supposed that they too had been
landed on the irish coast by a U-boat'
Almost 1000 rebel prisoners are
now in the hands Of the British,
among them many women. The
principal woman captive is Countess
Markievicz. Women took a prom
inent part in the uprising The
KingstOwn correspondent Of the
Chronicle says that several English
officers were shot in the back by
women. One officer was killed by
a woman who struck him over the
head with the butt Of a rife.
Loss Near 20 Millions.
II IS impossible 10 estimate accur-
ately the loss throughout the zones
OF fighting in the southeastern and
western parts OF Ireland but IT is
expected TO exceed $4,000. 600.
There was much footing. one cor
describes scenes in Dub
lin in which poor women, whose rag
ged clothing was partly hidden by
greasy shawls. wore diamond tiaras
in their hair. These had been stolen
from jewelry shops into which the
rebels broke TO secure material for
street barbados
Whether Jas. Connolly. the com
OF the republican
army" is dead or only wounded is
not officially known He was orig
inally reported 70 have been killed.
but a later dispatch said that ne had
been wounded in the thigh. This
dispatch added that Connolly. after
his wound had been bound up. con-
tnued TO direct the operations OF his
men until he became unconscious
from pain and loss Of blood.
Although no official figures as to
have been given out the
from the zones Of fighting
are now beginning 70 speak Of
enormous losses" II is regarded as
a certainty that the casualties on
both sides up 70 Saturday were IN
excess Of 500.
After che rebels evacuated St
Green there were more
than 100 wounded Sim Feiners I'm
the nearby building Of the college
Of Surgeons.
Two officers and more than
dozen British soldiers fell while
storming a rebel stronghold near the
junction Of Pembroke and Lansdowne
roads. Inside the bodies Of 1s Sim
Feners were found.
Three soldiers were killed when
capturing the former residence Of
Prof. Arthur Palmer in Haddington
road. on the outskirts Of the Irish
capital.
The FOREGOING incidents show how
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