Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-04-28
TWELVE KILLED
IN IRISH REVOLT
London Says Troops Restored
Order in Dublin.
RIOTERS HOLD SOME PLACES
Several Arrests Made-outbreak Be-
Iieved Part of German Plot, To-
aether With Easement Land
ing and Raids.

London, April 26-The official COM
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 stu
alton is now we'll 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 well 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
telegraphic communication prevented
his giving details.
He gave assurances that the situa-
ton was well in hand. Several ar
rests had been made in Dublin, but he
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
16, 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 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 I'M
expected. For several weeks numer-
GUS irish newspapers have been ap-
pearing, carrying seditious articles OPP
posing any participation in the war
on the part of Irishmen. The organ
ization known as the Irish Volunteers
has held parades as counter-demon-
strations to the efforts of English re-
eruiting 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 a number of papers which be-
came particularly violent in their agi.
tation against recruiting were sup.
pressed
1t 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
nounced that he had been brought to
London Saturday for trial.
Censor Withholds 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 1t
was announced officially that an at
tempt was made last week to land
arms and ammunition in Ireland from
a German auxiliary, under the guise
of neutral merchant ship, in conjunc.
ton with German submarine. The
auxiliary was sunk and a number of
prisoners, including Sir Roger, were
made.
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