Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-01
DUBLIN is IN CHAOS
smoldering Ruins and Shat.
tered Buildings Are Scars
of Weeks War.
London, May l, GAS p.
m.)-Omcial announcement
was made this afternoon
that all the rebel leaders in
Dublin had surrendered.

Dublin, Sunday evening. April so,
via London, May l, Q0:20 a. M
Rebels of the rank and file followed
the example of their leaders this
morning and confessed the cause of
the Irish republic was lost by laying
down their arms at the foot of the
Parnell monument in Sackville street
and surrendering to British troops.
About four hundred and fifty of them
who had fought since Monday in this
central area marched out from their
strongholds under the white flag and
gave themselves up. A few irrecon-
cilables continued sniping from lairs
| difficult to locate on roofs or among
rafters of buildings nearby.
i Soon afterward a rebel lieutenant
came in with a guard of 10 men from
the adjourning county Of Meath to
learn the truth about the rumors of a
general surrender The party learned
from J. H. Pearce, who was named
| provisional president of the Irish re-
public, that the movement had col
! lapsed. 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.
! Report Rebel Leader Wounded.
James Connolly, one of the leaders
of the uprising, is said by government
officials to be a prisoner, wounded, in
| the castle.
Town in Chaotic State.
| A correspondent of the Associated
Press visited the entire area of the dis
! turbance today. The desolation and
destruction showed how severe was
| the fighting Havoc however, looks
mole extensive than it actually is ow-
ing TO the amount of debris.
! From headquarters down near the
entrance to Phoenix Park, on North
Circular road to the four courts dis
trict every window of the law courts
i has been shattered.
| The rebels had held the building for
a week. Valuable law reference books
and furniture were utilized to barri-
cade windows and through the inter-
stices between the bulky volumes the
rebels sniped without cessation and
were fired on in turn until they were
compelled to evacuate the premises.
Shows Battle Scars.
Houses all around were denied with
bullet marks. Some of them were bar
ricaded with thick oaken planks which
were marked with bullet holes. Over
Wine Tavern bridge there were SINH
lar scenes.
This morning the streets were full
of curious persons who were 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 pro-
visions for them. The supplies thus
brought in were ample.
Down Cork Hill and King Edward
streets strong guards CT troops are
still in evidence and every passerby is
challenged.
Shippers Still Busy.
The city hall had been occupied for
several days by the rebels and even
at this time snipers in houses in the
vicinity were shooting at intervals.
AS the correspondent approached
the castle a party of more than one
hundred members of the Sim Fem
marched by under escort toward Rich
mOnd Jail, where more than seven
hundred are now held.
Many of the men were in green uni
forms. One wore the uniform of the
Irish volunteers and others were in
civilian clothes. Numbers of them
were wounded and suffering but most
Of them held up their heads detiantly.
! The soldiers escorting them were
men who had fought all through the
uprising and were bitter against their
rebellious fellow countrymen. This
feeling seems to be shared by most
of the population Of Dublin.
Great Damage Done.
Great damage was done in SackVille
street and adjacent thoroughfares
such as Middle Abbey, Abbey Mary
and Henry streets. Only few Orders
and window frames OF some houses
remain. Along the east side of Sack