Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-05
FLAMES WEAPONOF
THE S|NN FE|NERS
Scores of Government Buildings
Destroyed and Sixty Police
Barracks Blown Up.
TAX BUREAUS SUFFER MOST
Belfast Cut OFF, While Masked,
and Armed Men Become
Pyromaniacs.
TAX BUREAUS SUFFER MOST
fD- Universal serv.ce.1

i-O.NDoN. Aprl! i.-vEaSteT sunday,
fourth anniversary of the bloody up
rising that led to the foundation OF
the island-wide movement for AN In
dependent repuhlic. Is nearing It's end !.
without the threats OF IL repetition OF
the revolt having been carried out.
However. incenGiarism throughout
the whole OF Erin. beginning yester-
day evening. is the Sim Fciners' re-
ply TO the governments Easter dis
play of force. With the same cum
ming. system and secrecy with which
the many raids on police and mill
tary have been carried out during the
last few months, the rebels-or a
group of cxtremists-applied tho
torch TO government buildings anu
Offices, especially tax bureaus in Dub
lin Belfast. Cork and many other
towns
Police and fire guards were kept
very busy throughout the day. though
| IN most Instances they came too Iate
10 save important official records
from pcrishinS in the flames.
Belfast Is Isolated.
belfast was isolated from the rest
OF the world. The land wires and
cable to England were cut. aud tho
only means of communication was the
telephone. Tho Grand Central Hotel,
| In which arc located the Pensions,
Labor and other departments and tho
tank or ireland. were entered during
the night and large number of doc
uments were destroyed. Tho raiders
then tried to burn, the buildings. but
n fire brigade prevented this.
Three separate biaEes were found
In the INCOME tax -oriices. The city,
] post offices and public buildings were
under strong guard today.
Attempts also were made to GOT
fire TO tho Belfast custom house and
two excise Offices. In every case fire
was started BY pouring petrol over
hoors and furniture AMI then apply
ing match.
Most OF the men who started the
hlazes were disguised as postmen.
some were masked and armed.
When communications with Belfast
were partially restored this evening
1t was discovered that a wave OF de-
struction had swept over the entire
Province OF Ulster
Police Barracks Blown I'm.
Police barracks in all parts of the
province had been burnt down or
blown up. The conspira,ors sought
out mostly the smaller towns. Reyc-
nue. offices also were ignitcd on a
large scale. Belfast tonight is still
cut OF from Dublin, and the latest
rcno.t'is that more than sixty nolice
barracks have been DESTROYED ana
twenty -one revenue houses burned.
AZ Londonderry mon singing repub
mean songs cut tho hose lines as fire
men were trying desperately to save
the revenue offices and the pension
office from burning to the ground.
The Irish republican flag was
ho'stcd wherever the conspirators
carried out their work OF destruct,on
1T Queenstown. Sim Feiners raised
the republican colors on tho natr.
STAFF in front of the harbor commits
sioner's official residence. Then they
cut the halyards and creased the Dor,
TO prevent the removal of the sim
| Finn emblem. I.
throughout Counties Cork and Clare
disguised and armed men DESTROYED
more IMAM score of police barracks.
At this caoiins the record of police
barracks destroyed in the varinuo
counties is as follows:
limerick, six; Glare, twelve. Don,
| hfe' Armagh, two; Roscommon. four
Cork. eleven; Tyrone :
! forty-one.
There was fererish police and, NH
hary activity all day at Cork. LARGE
FORCES constantly patrolled all streets
All automobiles were held IN and
the occupants closely questioned.
raiders invaded tho post-offlce Al
Grcnagh and seized much mail.
Arrests In Sewry,
me incendiarism near Belfast. the
| ulster stronghold, was most yirulent
in the Ncwry district, ACCORDING q !,
later message.
| Ten arrests were made followinp
an attempt 10 destroy the custom.
house and the barracks at Newry
where rehe! raiders also attempted Ia
burn down the revenue colIector,s
private residence. In this they were
baked BY the pluck OF the collector,a
daughter. Mrs Mansfield, who hell,
/ one OF the attackers by the nose
haif-stitlinS him. until the notice
/ arrived. Among the ten prisoners 4.
/ Councillor Patrick Lavery.
/ The Dublin correspondent OF the
London Daily Herald quotes r Sim
fein leader as saying there will no
| no rebellion in Ireland. it being ran
orally realized that a rising womb
| SIMPLY result in massacre. The
Sim Fem" the leader added. "nou
has discipline which even Noske.s
iron guards could not emulate. TIA
people are deeply cmbittered over ,hns
incredibly stupid policy OF DubiIn
Castle, which they believe was de.#
| iiberaieiy adopted for the purpose ~
provoking insurrection, s. 3 -;
England's military machine ha. the
island in an iron grip. but, unIIL,
the fanatics OF 1918. the present. dnys
leaders OF tho rebel movement kna,s