Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30

OF ireland the situation is generally
satisfactory.
WILL BE SUPPRESSED
IN COURSE OF Few DAYS
DUBLIN. April 2s-Baron wimborne,
Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland, expressed
to tho Associated Press at the vice.
regal lodge to-day the assurance that
the seditious movement would be sup
pressed I'm the course of few days.
Tho viceroy was full Of praise for
the loyalty displayed by tho great ma
tority Of the Irish people. and consid-
cred the momentary success gained
and the damage done by the rebels
as small when viewed In connection
with the surprise Of the outbreak and
the evident preparations made for it.
Tho county. outside OF Dublin, except
for few isolated places. has, he de-
clared. remained peaceful Baron
Winborne. when requested to give an
account of what had happened since
tho Irish rebels had proclaimed an
Irish republic last Monday afternoon,
said:
Tho outbreak began Monday morn
Ing about 1880 o'clock. About that
time information was received that
Dublin Castle had been attacked. st.
Stephens Green occupied and the
post-office seized by the rebels. Tele-
phonic communication with the Cur
ragh camp was Immediately obtained
by the authorities, and the reserve
troops there were brought to Dublin
that night and the following morn
Ing.
SITUATION AT CASTLE
GREATLY STRENGTHENED
Meanwhile the situation at the cas-
tie, which had never been captured by
the rebels. was strengthened. The only
casualty there was the shooting Of a
policeman at the gate. A very few
hours after tho outbreak. large forces
had been assembled In the castle,
which. however, was never in real
danger.
'The rebels had cut telegraphic com
munications with the country districts
and England, but had not succeeded
in discovering a telephone wire which
connected the Curragh camp with
headquarters. This was one of their
great mistakes. They did not cut COM
munication with North Ireland, with
which we have at all times been able
to converse. At one time the rebels
had command OF the Broadstonery
Station, which is not protected
"On Tuesday morning all the re-
endorsements we had called from Cur
ragh had reached Dublin, and since
that moment the rebels have not at
tempted anything except sniping from
certain localities and houses 1t is SO
easy for them to abandon houses by
back doors and to get away to other
positions.
The military cannot distinguish the
rebels from other citizens.
Sometimes they leave their houses.
after hiding their rifles and cartridges,
and mingle with the ordinary inhabi-
tants. After taking observations of tho
soldiers position, they return TO COM
mence sntping again. Most of tho
houses they occupy they have entered
by force, and not because tho house
holders sympathize with their move
ment. AS n matter of fact, the general
run OF people do not sympathize with
them.
NO RECENT, CHANGE
IN POSITION OF REBELS
Since the number of troops has in
creased, the position of the rebels has
remained the same. When their actiyi-
ties at any point become too lively, the
troops throw few shells into tho
houses they occupy. and such explosions
have caused fires, while other fires
have been started by the rebels them
selves.
They have barricaded Sackyille
Street, and are in possession of all the
houses there, but they were shelled
out OF Liberty Hall by gunboat on
Tuesday. and we occupied their houses
Immediately. They burned Linen Hall
barracks. and other small fires have
occurred.
I'm the early stages of the revolt the
Sim Feiners fired on the members OF
the fire brigade, but later we captured
the areas around the fires. and ffremen
were able to extinguish the flames"
STREET FIGHTING CONTINUES,
MUCH LOoTING IN PROGRESS
LONDON. April 2s.-Parta Of the city
of Dublin are In flames, an Evening
Nows dispatch filed at Belfast last
night says. Street lighting continues,
and there is much looting, IL is said,
but the re-cnforccd military is making