The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30

They bought their own uniforms: they
subscribed for their " rifles; they
looked out for buying some ammuni-
ton.
This sxubsraht form Of loyalty was
not all TO EnslAnd's taste. The Ma
tional Volunteers were too much cf a
homo guard. while Lord Kitchener. WAS
eiamortng for that very typs Of hsht.
Ing man for the trenches In France
and Flanders. There had been ominous
strikes in Dublin Of the handlers II
transportation. The watch by Govern
ment ofacials for the importation Of
arms became sharp In contrast with
the aver,ed sase which had allowed u
stsr 10 arm the yesr before. There
va . suddsn clash. A group Of volun.
teers bringing IN some carloads Of
arme from Ho~th TO Dublin vas fred
on by a detachment Of soldiers, There
were killed ana wounded and a srea,
outcry followed.
The recruiting campaign in Ireland
which John Redmond aided with all his
force Of speech had yielded largely. bu,
thenceforth il fell OF rapidly.
Another and more r!Eidly national
body Of volunteers wa forming. this
time coming more particularly from
the ranks OF the Irslandwide organiza.
ton known as the Sim Fem. which is
Celtic for Ourselves alone" The Par
l!apentary volunteers. II one may so
call them. no longer increased. Stress
indeed was brought upon them to swell
the enlistments for the British army.
and it was by these volunteers that
Sergt. OLeary. Who had won the VIC
toria Cross by great bravery. was made
much Of in Ireland. while the Sim Fein
men looked sullenly on.
Such. in . military light, was the
Irish situation up to Faster SUNDAY
last a. it met the y Of the onlooker
not deeply versej in the currents OF
motive and action under the surface.
4 body Of u!traloyal volunteers in IL
ster resting on taeir arms. a much
larger body OF National Volunteers
concerned most. perhaps. in watching
the lister volunteers: . variousiy
stated body Of volunteerr--from 90 900
10 S~0.000-with ideals and objects APP
preaching the Fenian attitude Of 1865,
disbelievins In Parliamentary cure for
English misrule. frankly discontented
with and eontemptuous Of the home
rule, which, limited and shorn on all
sidss. had been deferred indefinitely by
the English Government. although
signed by the King in September OF
1914.
1t will ~ seen, therefore. that in the
explosive condition revealed In a nash
last. Monday from what body German
agents cou.d expect support; with
what body outside revolutionists whose
Aim ~ the founding Of an Irish re-
public could treat. II IL not TO he
expected that the whole story OF the
revolt al become public for some
time. That the rising In Dublin took
England by surprise must bs fairly
true, yet what Immediately preceded
the outbreak would indicate that some
physical outburst has b<en probable
for some time. For nearly a year the
anti-recruiting agitation had been
growing In intensity. sim rein news
papers had been suppressed: searches
for arms and seizures thereof had he
com more frequent. Arrests were
many In widely separated paris Of
Ireland. II was old times In rebel Ire
land, despite the fact that the great
mass Of the irish people In ireland
were averse 10 rebellion or any open
revolt, when by = sudden coup many
strategic points In the Irish capital
were seixed by armed men and :he
forces ~ the empire dehed. and once
more. between volleys from their smus.
sled rines, irishmen In ireland were
~'"7'"g The Wearing NJ tho Green"'