The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-01
Days of Irish Republic Pecome
Short AS Crowns Forces
Bring About Order
DAMAGE BY REBELS Is
ESTIMATED TOEXCEED
TEN MILLION DOLLARS
Loss CT Life In Week of Riot.
ing Will Be Heavy-Five
British Officers Killed. p
Wounded, One Missing

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Dublin, April 30 wireless to Lon
dom Slowly but surely the blaze OF
rebellion is dying out. With fatal pre-
cision the Hilary organization is as
sertlng its mastery over the rebels.
Already the authorities arc SUM
ming up the extent of the damage.
Only rough estimates can be attempts
ed at present. 1t is admitted. how
ever, that the damage win exceed
$40, 900. 900
Peter Feacse. self-styied president &
of the Republic OF trrfarti. vfro SUR
rendered yesterday. issued the follow
ing proclamation today:
In order TO prevent further
slaughter OF unArmed people and in
the nope Of saving the lives OF our
followers who are surrounded aud
hopelessly outnumhered the members
Of the provisional government at head
quarters have agreed To unconditional
surrender and the commanders of all
the units of republican forces will
order their followers to lay down their
arms
The postofice, main stronghold of
the Sim Felners, was fred hy the
rebels themselves and as in ruins The
Metropole Hotel nearby. also was de-
stroyed by fire Both sides of Sack
Vile Street are practically burned ont.
We're destroyed. as was the Eden
Quay
No estimates Of the total casualties
OF the weeks fighting have been made.
However. a supplemental list issued
ny the commanderi n-chief of the
British forces mere gives twenty seven
names Of office rs-fiNa killed, twenty-
one wounded and one missing
ON Friday two officers were report
ed Killed and five wounded. The
formidable total of thirts-feiir -east,sti-
Ties among officers alone is rhus pre-
Sented. These losses are surprising.
~ large for civilian revolt and in
dictate that the losses among the
troops must have been large. IL is
but natural TO infer that The losses
among the Sim Feiners and civilians
also have been heavy.
Shipping Practically Stopped,
James Connolly, commander of he
Dublin district rebels, WAS in the post
office when wounded A bullet shat
! tered. his -thlGh- hoEe.-Man of tha
, leaders Of the rebellion have stlrren-
dered Internationally
The SniPing from houses has been
practically stopped, owing to the sys-
tematic digging out of the Insurgents
BY troops. In the neighborhood Of
North Wall the small houses were
infested by the rehels. A party OF
bomb-throwers from the ROYAL Mum
ster Fusiliers, under cover OF dark
ness, attacked these houses. and tha
rebels were expelled by use of hand
bombs.
Three areas of the city are still
held by the Sim Feiners. but each ia
surrounded by a Gordon OF troops.
Nothing remains for the rebels but TO
lay down their arms or to steal .twav
among the noncomb&tant populati1a.
II hundreds nave &frff9Rfp
The question at what fate shall be-
fall the prisoners is exciting much
speculation. The military authorities
are fully empowered to deal with the
rebels taken in arms against the gov
eminent. 1t is believed in some quar- E
tiers. however, that the English will
consider it advisa bic under the cir
cumstances not to make martyrs of
the Sim Feiners.
No Papers Published.
None of the Dublin newspapers II
being published. Visiting correspon-
dents are afforded every facility by
the military authorities to learn what
Is going on, but the size Of the city
and the scattered nature of the tight.
ing makes their task difficult.
Most of the correspondents are
quartered at London Northwestern
Hotel During Saturday snipers got
the range of the hotel perfe,tly and
fer ten or fifteen minutes mado the
lives Il the correspondents miserable.
Bullets whistled all around. unrll ths
guuuets on The hotel roof began pick
ing off the Shippers. Eventually tie
firing ceased.
Owing to the paralysis of commuai-
cation large part of the civilian
population was threatened with famine 1
until the army leaders devised a plan
for supplying them with food RAJ
tiDnS of bread. meat. fish and -four