The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-04-08
IRISH 0UTBR[Ak
So FAR sHDlV|NG
FEW LIVES LOST
Raids on Police Barracks,
Burning Of Tax Records and
Other Depredations Consti-
tute. Program So Far.

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Dublin, April 6.--Thc foust,, ami
versaIy of the rebellion Of 1915 passed
quietly in Dublin up to noon today.
during the morning the streets were
somewhat deserted, owing to the large
number of people attending the Irish
grand national horse races.
Reports Of the burning OF police
barracks and other. outrages Satur-s
day and Sunday continue to pour in
from many parts of the country, but
the general opinion here continues
there will be no armed rising.
More than 500 Sim Feinera had
been arrested in {, new series of raids
tbs military following
the Easter uprising. according to ss-
Inmates at Dublin castle today.
The south of Ireland st.ll WIZ IN
der martial law.
North Ireland was completely cut
off from Geographic communication
today.
CorGone OF troops surrounded Dub
lin. Derry, Cork: LimericK, Newry,
Thurles and Dundalk. Two British
warships were lying in kingstown
Harbour, Il few miles from Dublin.
An unusual ana omnibus movement
was reported from west ireland
where bands estimated at 1,T00 men
marched through the country and
confiscated thousands Of acres Of
land in counties Roscornlnon and Gal
way. driving owners off estates. Ten
grazing tenur We're forced to leave
one estate. y! ...:als at Dublin castle
today estimated the damage to prop
efty in the Easter outbreak at more
than 100000, which they said the
taxpayers would be forced to pay. A
number of bridges wcre blown up.
The Sim F'einn flag was hoisted on
well creased pole at Queenstown
Saturday night and flew al, day yes
terday.
Fires, in which many valuable doc
uments were destroyed. kept the fire
departments busy Sunday and Sun
day night.
Reports continued to arrive de-
scribing fresh outbreaks. There was
every indication the raids were care
fully planned by a central organiza-
ton, Officials at Dublin castle ad-
niitted the raids had struck at the
basis of government machinery. De-
structfon of the tax records, they
said, would make enforcement of the
tax laws most difficult.
Today's report showed the out
break probably was most extensive in
the Belfast district. The city was
isolated when wires were cut. Armed
nobs entered the Grand Central ho-
tel housing the government depart
ments of pension and labor, destroy
irev MANY 1onrranto md Saftipp fire
the the building. The blaze was ex-
tipguished.
Police barracks were burned in
Clough Tough Brickland. Res Revor,
Trillick, Castletownshend, Skibbereen
and other centers.
Burn SO Barracks.
Total police barracks burned and
bomber in the Easter uprising
throughout ireland stood at SO at
p. m. today.
In Dublin troops were confined to
their barracks. Officers had orders
to he nrenared for any event,lality-
The night passed quietly.
Numerous new ittacks We're re-
ported during the uay. The tax office
at Mullingar, As miles west and north
of Dublin was destroyed by fire last
night. Police barracks at Stonyford,
rs miles southwest of Dublin Bally-
nagore, 70 miles west and north of the
capital, Lisclogher and prifiaril also
were burned.
The bitterness of the r"t'"iHus issue
was Indicated by attacks ;, Protest
ant churches in Milletown and Gin.
about 60 miles northwest of Cork.
In northwes. ireland. dispatches
said automobiles were decorated with
the Sim Fem dag.
Extensive raids We're carried out in
Cork. Fremen attempting to extin-
guish the burning income tax office
were flampered by corwds which cut
the fire hose, laughing al the efforts
of the police and troops to aid the
flremen
Woman Caught One.
At Newry one raider was captured
by a woman She was daughter of
Collector Candy, of the income tax
department When the woman came
upon man irving TO set fire to her
fathers office she seized him by the
nose and half suffocated him and
holding him until her screams brought
help.
me- iEi5H INES stressed the ultI-
culties facing Sir Hamer Greenwood,
the new chief secretary fo Ireland
in Prime Minister Lloyd Georges
cabinet.
The new secretary is confronted
with a deliberate, far reaching con-
spiracy to make the country ungov-
ernable by the British" the news
paper said. The government is
grave!y hampered at this critical
moment by a nome rule bill which is