The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-28
FIGHTING IS STILL


Monday the rebels also seized the city
hall, the four courts OF justice anu
the principal railway stations which
command communication with Eng
land. The telegraph wires were cul
at the same time, and there Is almost
a complete stoppage of communlca-
ton between ireland and England
In Dublin Bay. British warships
have their guns trained on the city
but the authorities are hopeful that
the military may be able TO restore
order without the horror or navai
bombardment. What horrors In the
way of street and house-to-house
fightlng may be going on from hour
TO hour can only he coniectured.
That the rebels are armed with ma
chine guns which they have mounted
on the roofs of buildings has been
admitted by the Marquis, OF Lang
downe, The official view is that the
rising of the Irish malContents was
planned for Easter Sunday, in thel
hope Of the military authorities be-
ing caught off their guard. Three
other strokes are believed to have
been timed by the Germans to syn
chrotlize with the rebel movement
the landing of Sir Roger Easement
with a ship load of arms and the
cruiser and Zeppelin raids on the Eng
fish coast.
Sir Roger Easement is quoted as
having said since his capture that
the uprising depended largely on his
leadership and would probably be a
failure IN his absence. But the de-
velopments so far seem to show that
the rebellion was capable of taking
care of itself.
Events in Ireland are concentrating
TaURnnHa
knight owing to the present state of
feeling concerning him it is thought
that the government may postpone
trial until some progress has been
made toward pacifying Ireland
The Express suggests the possibility
of Easements being condemned to
the ancient doom by the axe OF the
headsman If found guilty OF high
treason. Others believe that the
wfsest policy would be to treat him
with leniency, such as was accorded
to General De Wet, the leader of the
rebellion in South Africa. It is under
stood that papers duplicating promi-
nent Irishmen were found on Case
ment when he was arrested.
Premier Asqulth in the House OF
Commons promised that searching
investigation would be made into the
cause of the outbreak and into any
official negligence which might have
to it, He guaranteed all
possible latitude in the transmission
of news.
Leaders Arc Loyal
Sir Henry Dalzell moved that the
House sit on Monday 10 discuss the
Dublin outbreak. Premier Asquith
said in reply that debate on the sub
ject while the confiagration was rag
ing would only be mischievous. He
added:
our allies have already been made
aware by Sir Edward Carson and Mr..
Redmond that the movement Is Sec
tional only and has no sympathy from
the representatives OF the Irish lead
ers."
This was an aliusion TO speeches
made by Carson and Redmond just
previously. Sir Edward Carson. on
behalf OF Ulster, and John Redmond.
on behalf Of the Nationalists, had ex-
pressed their horror at the news of
the rebellion and their hope that no
attempt would be made 10 make po-
litical capital out OF Il.
Mr.. Asquith went on 10 admit that
street fighting was still in progress in
Dublin and that the rebels continued
to hold important public buildings.
Viscount Middleton in the House II
Lords criticized the government for
having announced on Tuesday that
they had the situation well In hand.
At the very time~of that assurance
he declared, the rebels were in pos
session Of important parts OF Dublin
Including the postoffice and no at
tempt had been made to dislodge
them.
He added that the government had
been aware for months that large
numbers Of Sim Feiners had beer
drilling and that they were well .,ro-
vided with money and munitions. He
insisted that the present situation in
Ireland was one of the greatest dan
ger.