Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-05
DUBLIN QUIET;
REVOLT SPREADS
ReVoIufioniSts Have Many Men
in the Field.
WARSHIPS SENT TO HARBORS
German Submarines Carried Guns &c
Irish, London Hears-Further Bat
ties Expected.

ties Expected.
Travellers who left Dublin Thurs
day arrived in London, bringing wore
that the situation Las improved.
This coincides with the feeling IN
official circles that conditions il south
eastern and western Ireland are mucn
less serious tnan they were forty
eight hours ago.
Those who came from the scene OF
the uprising give picturesque accounts
OF the lighting in the streets between
the rioters and soldiers. 1t was evil
dent that tEe rioters had counted upon
success from the suddenness OF thell
stroke, but the .romptness with which
huge bodies OF royal troops were
thrown into the Irisa capital and the
surrounding towns everawed many ol
the revolutionists, who voluntarily
quit.
The commander.in-chief of the revo'
lutionists is James Connolly, principa!
Lieutenant of Jim Larhin, who led tie
Dublin dock strike, according to Cen
tral Newes advices.
There were others, however, who
had pledged themselves to fight to
the last, and they have kept up the
battle.
Large quantities of arms have been
landed in Ireland by German subma
rines, it was reported. This seemingly
answers the question which has puz'
zled the British government as to
where the Sim Feiners (Seraratists)
were getting rifles and ammunition.
More warships have been sent into
Irish waters, not only to protect cite:
on the eastern, southern and western
coasts, but to prevent further filib&s
tering by Irish and German agents oi
the rioters.
In addition to the warships in Dub
lin bay, British men-of-war are lying
off Queenstown, Limerick, Cork and
Galway.
With all of Ireland under martial
law, and more troops pouring into the
island from England and Wales, 1t
was reported that fighting had develop
ed in five counties in the southeast
and west.
Military proclamations are being
posted, orders from Major General Sir
John Maxwell, warning the Irish
against taking up arms against the
king. 1t is understood fighting still
is in progress in the streets of Dub
lin, but what extent the censors have
not permitted to become known.
That the casualties are heavy is
indicated by the fact that the rioters,
who are we'll armed, are making a
stubborn stand against the trained
troops sent against them.
Passengers on a boat reaching Holy
Head from Kingstown said leaders OF
the Separatists consider Ireland in a
state of civil war. A number of po
litical prisoners are reported to have
been placed upon British warships in
Dublin bay to prevent their delivery
from jail.
Sir Edward Carson, although more
than sixty years old, has offered to
go to Ireland and put himself at the
head of the Unionist volunteers in
Ulster, to fight the Sim Feiners. The
strength of the rioters unde: arms Is
not definitely known, but it is be.ieV'
ed there are probably 10000 men TAX
ing an active or a passive part in the
rising.
1t is learned that the war Office ha:
had some trouble getting troop; int
Dublin because tracks Of the No: II
western and Southwestern railway
were torn up. These are l. e TWO NIL
trunk lines running into Dublin lr IL
the west and MOI tn.
The rioters also tore down niles oi
telegraph lines which virtually cat ol
the Irish capital from the Outside
world.