El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-01

! salute Found in Debris.
In the debris was found a proclama-
/ tion issued in the name of the presi-
/ dent or the provisional government,
/ the text of which follows:
.Ihe provisional government TO the
citizens Of Dublin: The provisional
government Of the Irish republic sa-
! iutes the citizens of Dublin on the
momentous occasion Of the proclama-
! ton Of sovereign Independent Irish
state, now in course of being estab-
lished by lrishmen in arms. Republi-
can forces now uOid the lines taken
up at II noon Easter Monday and no
where despite the forces and almost
continued attacks of British troops
have the lines been broken through"
Proclamation OF Revolt.
The proclamation issued by the m
surgents at the outbreak of the revolt,
reads as follows:
The provisional government Of the
Irish republic; to the people of ireland.
'Irishmen and Irishwomen:
In the name of God and of the dead
generations from which you received
the old traditions Of nationhood, Ire
land now strikes for her freedom hav-
ing organized and trained her manhood
through her secret revolutionary or
ganizationi The Irish Republican
organization, the Irish Volunteers and
the Irish citizenry.
Aided by ExiIes in L. :.
Having partly perfected the disci-
pllne anu IesOluLely waited for the
right moment, she now seizes that
moment and. supported by her exiIsd
children I'm America and by her gallant
allies in Europe, but relying upon her
own strength, she strikes in full con-
fdence OF victory.
we declare the right Of the peopIe
Of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland
and to unfettered control of Irish des-
TIMES to be feasible. Long usurpation
Of that right by a foreign Deopie and
in rfel
right nor can it ever be extinguished
except by the destruction Of the Irish
people.
Pledge Lives for Freedom.
In every generation the Irish people !
have asserted their right to national !
freedom and sovereignty. Six times /
during the past 800 years they have I
asserted it in arms. Standing on that
fundamental right and again exertins |
it in arms in the face Of the world. we /
hereby proclaim the Irish republic as
a sovereign independent state and we /
pledge our lives and the lives OF our
comrades in arms to the cause Of its !
freedom, its welfare and its eXaltation /
among nations.
The Irish republic is entitled to. and
hereby claims the allegiance Of every
lrishman and Irtshwoman. The repub-
lie guarantees religious and civil !
liberty, equal rights and equal opportu-
mites to all its citizens and declares
it's resolve to pursue the happiness and /
OF the WnOle nation equally
and Oblivious OF the differences care
fully fOstered by an alien government
which have divided the minority from
the majority in the past
Provisional Government Established.
Until our arms have brought the
0ppOrtune moment for the establish
ment OF a permanent national govern
ment. representatives. OF the hole peo-
pie Of Ireland and elected by the sur
frage OF all her men and women. the
provisional government hereby con-
stituted will administer the civil and
military affairs OF the republic in trust
Tor the people.
We place the cause OF the Irish re-
D bile under the protection of the most
nigh God, whose blessing we invoke
upon our arms, and we pray that no
me who serves that cause will dis
honor II by cowardice. inhumanitv or
'apne. In this supreme hour. the Irish
nation must by its valor and discipline
md by the readiness OF its children 70
sacrifice themselves for the common
good. prove itself worthy OF the au-
gust destiny to which it is called
Signed in behalf OF the provisional (
government
Thomas J Clark.
S MacDiamard.
Thomas MacDonagh,
!. ". Peace.
7. II. Connolly.
Joseph Plunkett.