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Show ALL REBELS li IIELJfifl Unconditional Surrender Insisted Upon by the Authorities, and the In-j In-j surgent Leaders Accept ; the Terms; Many Pris-! Pris-! oners Sent to London. GRAPHIC STORY OF THE OUTBREAK Dublin Officials Caught Unprepared and Unsuspecting Un-suspecting and Eight Days of Rioting and Bloodshed Follow; Heavy Loss of Life. LONDON, May 1, 7:50 p. m. All the rebels in Dublin have surrendered and those in the country districts are doing likewise, according to an official statement issued this evening. The statement says: All the rebels in Dublin have surrendered and the city is reported re-ported quite safe. The rebels in the country districts are surrendering surrender-ing to. the mobile columns. Prisoners Sent to England. There were 1000 prisoners in Dublin yesterday, of whom 489 were sent to England last night. It is reported from Queenstown that hopes were entertained that arms would be handed in today in the city of Cork. During the night of April 30-May 30-May 1, the rebels in Enniscorthy made an offer to surrender their leaders and their arms on condition that the rank and file be allowed to return to their homes. They were informed that the only terms that could be entertained were unconditional un-conditional surrender. Terms Accepted. These terms were accepted by them at 6 o'clock this morning. It was reported later that tho rebels were surrendering today on these terms. A column composed of soldiers and royal Irish constabulary captured cap-tured seven prisoners in the-neighborhood of Ferns (county Wexford) Wex-ford) today. Wicklow, Arlclow, Dunlavin, Bagenalstown and New Ross, and the counties of Cork, Clare, Limerick Lim-erick and Kerry are generally quiet. The whole of Ulster is quiet. FULL WEEK OF RIOT AND BLOODSHED IN IRISH CAPITAL DUBLIN. May 1, via London. X return re-turn to normal conditions is being accomplished ac-complished gradually in Dublin, and It now Is possible to give the first complete com-plete account of the happenings of the last week. Hitherto news of the Dublin uprising has reached the outside world in fragmentary form, owln. to tho Interruption Inter-ruption of telegraphic communication, the censorship and the frequent conflict of statements, but the collapse of the rebellion re-bellion has removed these conditions in great measure, and the story of the uprising, up-rising, from the time it besran last Monday, Mon-day, may now be given in proper sequence, se-quence, in the light of information obtained ob-tained from authoritative sources. When the irreconcible opponents of British rule in Ireland proclaimed the republic, re-public, their move was looked on generally gen-erally as a mere display of fanaticism. It was soon found, however, that it was no mere demonstration, but an outbreak which had behind it a fair organization and sufficient force to strangle I he life of the capital and compel the authorities to send for military assistance from Enc.and. At no tiinn, however, did the military or civil authorities consider the rebellion a menace to the government, nor did they have any fears as to their abiiltv to cope with It quickly as soon as its extent became apparent. What occurred oc-curred was as follows: Monday The first move was a dash M rr.eiv.bers of the Sinn Fein into the general gen-eral no? toff ice. Many of these men wert (Continued on Pago Three.) ALL THE REBELS IN l SUM (Continued from Page One.) in the uniform of the Irish volunteers, a body formed at tbe time men ot" Ulster opposed the granting of home rule to Ireland, Ire-land, the object being to resist any attempt at-tempt by Ulster to oppose the home rule law. The party worked quietiy, compelling com-pelling all the officials to quit their posts while they cut telegraphic communication with the rest of Ireland and with England. Eng-land. The rebels posted sentinels, fully armed, at the doors and windows and prevented any soldiers or policemen from entering enter-ing the building. Hoon afterward firing opened in the neighboring streets, for the rebels shot down any man in khaki. Several Sev-eral officers and men of the regular army thus fell victims in the first few minutes of the revolt. ( Authorities Unprepared. The authorities, unprepared at first to deal with the uprising, ordered the police and soldiers to retire at once to their cjuarters, none of them being armed. In the meantime the rebels, according to their prearranged plan, seized other points in the city. They established themselves at the city hall, Liberty hall and Kt. Stephen's green, and also occupied occu-pied many houses In Sackvllle street and the side streets leading to it. Their sentries patrolled blockB In the center of the citv and sharpshooters took up positions posi-tions on the roofs and at the windows of houses. An attempt was made to seize Dublin castle, but the guard of Royal Irish constabulary and soldiers prevented the rebels from getting beyond the gate, at which they killed the policeman on duty- The authorities were powerless, wltn the forces at their disposal, to dislodge or attempt to combat the rebate, who, however, made a great mistake which eventuallv cost, them dear. They either forgot to seize the telephone exchange or did not think It worth their attention. Thus the authorities were able to send a call to the military officers at Camp Cnrragh, some thirty miles away. From this point a considerable body of troops was immediately dispatched to the capital. Increase in Numbers. Tuesday The situation dn the morning was virtually unchanged, except that the rebels apparently had increased in numbers num-bers and spread in small parties about the city. Sniping was fairly prevalent and numbers of casualties occurred among soldiers, rebels and civilians, the last suffering more than the two fighting bodies because they failed to grasp the seriousness of the situation. No effort was undertaken on this day to turn the rebels out of their strongholds, strong-holds, as the force of military was still, insufficient. The military in London had been communicated with, and within a short time a large body of troops was on tho way to cope with the rebellion. Wednesday The authorities began making disposition of troops, drawing a large cordon of men around the city and other smaller cordons around the three principal areas occupied by the rebels at Sackville street, St. Stephen's green and Four Courts. These movements of troops led to much bloodshed. Sniping became general. The rebels were supplied with ample ammunition and used it so that it was dangerous to walk even a few steps in the open or sit at a window. Martial Law Proclaimed. By Wednesday evening the two parties of combatants and the areas they occupied occu-pied were more or less accurately defined. The Sinn Feiners were not to allow any- . one to pass without the written author- I Uy of their chiefs, and the military, on their side, proclaimed martial law and restricted the movements of civilians to the streets in which they resided, while all were forbidden to go out of their homes after dark. Soldiers on duty at the ends of streets were compelled to remain under shelter from rebel bullets, which came from every quarter. During the day a gunboat came up the river Liffey, Mred several shells into Liberty hall, which was occupied by. a number of rebel officers, and soon demolished de-molished it. The cordons of troops gradually gradu-ally drew tighter around the rebel forts and the firing became faster and more furious. Thursday By this time the city was under a veritable hail of bullets, and tiie small-shot fusillade became a continuous roar. The Associated Press correspondent, correspond-ent, with several other newspaper men, passed along the custom-house quay by the north wall and thence over the circular circu-lar road, with bullets striking the walls and the ground all around. The rebels, in some force, had taken a position in. a flour mill on the south side, from which they harried the troops on the north side until the authorities decided to use artillery artil-lery to dislouge them. A dozen shells did the work, and the rebels retired to a disused dis-used distillery farther south, whence Lhey were still able to give much trouble. Artillery Is Used. Later in the day a machine gun and artillery turned their attention to this point. From the top of the distillery tower floated a green rebel flag. Tho bombardment was spectacular. Only forty-eight shells were fired, and every one hit the distillery, but the flagstaff was not shot away and ft hung over the side of the building even after the rebels had fled. Friday Sniping by rebel sharpshooters had become so prevalent by Fridav that the artillery officer in charge decided to shell the postoftice and near-by houses. Eight shells had been fired into the Young Men's Christian association building, build-ing, two into the Catholic club and two into the postofflce. when a cessation of the cannonade was ordered by a superior officer, as some houses had caught tire, and it was feared the entire city might be imperiled. Fresh troops arrived and the cordons were further tightened. The rebels started fires in several places In the hope, it was reported, of the flames reaching the castle. On Friday night the sky for miles around was illuminated and flames shot up from many points. The green rebel flag that flew over the post-office post-office was sharply outlined by the glow. Rebels were seen walking on the roof, from which flames later Increased the already al-ready brilliant light enveloping that part of the city. It was afterward discovered that the rebels had sprinkled petroleum over the building and set fire to it before retiring to Lhe Coliseum, where they again put up a stout light. Leaders Talk of Surrender. Saturday The announcement was made that the lenders of the revolt had requested request-ed that they b allowed to surrender unconditionally, un-conditionally, as their commander in chief, J. IT. Pearce. bud been wounded in tiie leg. and it was reported thai James Connolly, Con-nolly, commander of the re! el ir.,opp, had received a severe wound. How many of the rebels surrendered to the military with their leaders was not learned on this day, but their art ion hrousht about an immediate diminution of sniping and the city became comparatively quiet. Only two areas remained in possession of the rebels at night a nd it was Jear1v seen that the military were forcing them into an ever-narrowing circle. Isolated parties of snipers still continued to pot-shot at the troops, hHner evidently unaware of the capture of ti.e'r leaders, but that evening it was pOFsible to walk in the streets without running an excessive ex-cessive risk. The Associated iYess representative repre-sentative made two long tours through the city In order to obtain nn Idea of 1 he sentiments of the population regarding he rebellion, which to all intents nd purposes pur-poses had by this time been pupnresed Some men. chiefly of the transport workers' work-ers' class, were sullen, evidently having expected greater results from the movement move-ment which had heen in preparation for t long time. M"?t of the population, however expressed Indignation at the outbreak which they mnfidred the work of fanatics and us never having had a chance of rernvnent success. CoHapse of Rebellion. Sunday The final coHapFe pf n4 ro 'i-ll'nn ra:rp on this dav, the mam bodv of lhe reikis In Dublin surrendering. me of th-j piiui;ers, when at tiie Coil's- of Surgeons, was the Countess Markievicz, said to be one of the leading spirits of the revolt. In a proclamation Issued by J. II. Pearce, as "provisional president," the surrender of all the rebels was advised. Outside of Dublin, however, fighting continued con-tinued at some points, but messages were sent from the leaders In Dublin carrying the news that the movement had collapsed col-lapsed and ordering the various rebel bodies bod-ies to surrender. Monday Today came ttie news that all the rebel leaders had surrendered and that the totn number of prisoners taken the day previous In Dublin had reached 1000. Tiie transportation of captured rebels to Fin aland was in full swing and it became known that nearly 500 of them had been sent across the channel. There was further submission of bodies outside the city, notably at Enniscorthy. Certain of Outcome. Keverting to the beginning of the outbreak, out-break, It -Is known that the authorities, although fully recognizing its seriousness, were certain froni the first moment that tilt; rebels would be suppressed In a reasonably rea-sonably short time after the first surprise, lyord Wim borne, the lord lieutenant, expressing ex-pressing confldcnr-p of this from the start. The greatest f- ifferfrs from the disturbances disturb-ances were the hundreds of thousands of peaceable citizens, men. women and children, chil-dren, who were compelled to re in a I n i n-doors n-doors and were unable to obtain suffirient food, although th-re were ample stores in the pity. The authorities early began organizing or-ganizing relief for ihese people and on Prkiay nr.d Saturday women and children chil-dren were e. cort-d in groups to provision depots, where large supplies were handed out. By Saturday n!?r.t Dublin had resumed almost 1 1 s normal aspect, except for a number of smouldering f i r s. The stores hud not yet opon-vl, but the street lights were turned on and. in view of the events of the wf;"k that had passed, It was interesting inter-esting to re-rad Hip mnrto of the c;ty on each lamp, wa ii-it in 1 .a tin sa yg : "When i 'It izrM.s Are obedient . Peace Reigns in the City." The .)jbl!n t'diers and the Irish rr-i:vents rr-i:vents in the garrisons of Dublin who ho re tiie -brunt, of the first day's outbr'-ak ex-prsed ex-prsed grr -. r i :,, jgmt k-n ovp.r the upris-Insr upris-Insr oT;;rr;ng Horn expressed regrf t thnt Kngiish r-ina-nts had ben brought over tn t;:i; iTf?.: th dlsturbanrp, as tliy thoutrbt lli" Kni.llf-h soldiers were inclined to treat the rcb-. Is too leniently. |
