The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
IRISH REVOLT At
END; REBELS LAY
DOWN THEIR ARMS
Leaders Acknowledge Defeat
and Advise Their Followers
to Surrender to Brit
ish Soldiers.
SHIPPING STILL GOES ON
James Connolly, ~Insurgent Com
mander, Captive, Wounded
Some Rebellious Bands
Still Unsubdued.
SHIPPING STILL GOES ON

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London. May 2.-Official announce
tnent was made this afternoon that all
the rebe leaders in Dublin had sur
rendered.
Dublin, May /, (via London. May
2,)-RebeIs of the rank and file fol-
lowed the example of their leaders to-
day and confessed the cause of the Irish
republic was lost by laying down their
arms at the foot of the Parnell monu-
ment in Sackville street and surrender
ing to British troops.
About 450 of them who had fought
since Monday in this central area
marched out from their strongholds
under the white flag and gave them
selves up. A few irreconcilableS con-
tinued sniping from lairs, difficult to
locate. on roofs or among rafters of
buildings nerby.
Soon afterWard q rebel lieutenant
wearing a heather green uniform and
carrying a white flag came in with a
guard of 10 men from the adjoining
county of Meath to learn the truth
about rumors of a general surrender.
The party marched off to the castle and
learned from j. H. Pearce, who was
named provisional president of the
Irish republic that the movement had
collapsed and was advised to resist no
longer. The lieutenant and his escort
then started out to parley with the
rebels in the country districts in an
effort to induce them to lay down their
arms.
Connolly Reported Wounded.
James Connolly, one of the leaders
of the uprising, is said by government
officials to be q prisoner, wounded in
the castle.
Kingstown, Ireland, May /, (via
London. May D.-The main body of
sim Fem rebels in Dublin surrendered
during the course of the day.
There was, however. considerable
fighting throughout Sunday in Dublin
and the suburbs. 1t was especially
heavy at Balls bridge, outside Dublin.
The rebels in the college Of surgeons
surrendered this morning. One of the
prisoners taken here was the
Markievicz.
The proclamation, issued by the pro
v~isionaI president" Pearce. advising
the surrender of all the rebels follows:
In order to prevent the further
slaughter of armed people and in
the hope of saving the lives of our
followers, who are surrounded and
hopelessly ou~tnumbered, the mem
pers of the provisional government
ut the headquartc ) W agreed to
the unconditional surrender and the
commanders of all the units of the
republican forces will order their
followers to lay down their arms.
(Signed) 'Pearce.'
Small Bands FIGHT On.
Although the principal leaders of the
rebel movement have laid down their
arms and advised their followers to
acquiesce IN an unconditional sur
render there is no doubt that there will
be stin a great difficulty in restoring
peace in Dublin and surrounding dis
I-,af F~- - mr. II ln~ ,,l, ~ ,o1
els evidently either have not received
the leaders orders, or doubt the au-
thcnticity Of the riders and have. at
any rate, to continue guer-
cilla warfare.
Dublin is filed with small bands To-
Gated in staunch houses and other
buildings who have always been able to
escape by subterranean passes as soon
as the attack of the soldiers have
proved too strong and who then re-
opened hostilities from some uneX-
pected quarter.
That the situation in Dublin was still
regarded as dangerous Sunday eve
ming, despite surrender of a majority OF
the rebels was indicated by the fact
that few persons were permitted to
penetrate into the city through the
rigid military Gordon which surrounds
it. A lumber of police officers from
Kingstown. who went to Dublin in
their uniforms hoping to be able to
give some assistance were turned back
by the guards.
Food Situation Serious.
No one is allowed to enter Dublin
without written permission from the
highest authority and then only at his
own risk. Moreover, the people are
as stray bullets are likely to meet the
visitor from some unexpected quarter.
The food situation in Dublin is pre-
carious. T~hirty-four free food depots
# --- ,,-l-, --l. e.. 49,
most part with food, Communicated
from various places by the military. The
food is being delivered out in tiny
portions as a ragid examination into
the necessities of the applicants.
Food is very short in kingstown, and
many of the necessaries of life cannot
be obtained at any price.
Shows Marks of Battle.
A correspondent of the Associated
Press visited the entire area of the dis
turbance today. The ~desolation and de-
structicn showed how severe was the
fighting. The havoc appeared more ex-
tensive than it actually is owing to the
amount of debris.
Every window of the law courts had
beer shattered. The rebels had held the
building for a week. Valuable law ref
arence books and furniture We're utilized
TO barricade windows and through the
interstices between the bulk the rebels
SHIPPED day and night and were fired on
In turn until they We're compelled 10
evacuate the premises.
Houses all around were dented with
bullet marks. Some of them were bar
ricaded with thick oaken planks. Over
Wine Tavern bridge, there We're sinilar
scenes. This morning the streets were
full of curious persons who We're glad
to have the opportunity to be about
after their long detention in their homes
during which they were deprived Of
food until the authorities made proYi-
sion for them.
The opinion prevails that the at
tempt at a formation Of a republic
has been abortive. The rebels have been
unable To show any success after Their
first surprise.
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