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Show GUNBOAT SHELLS LIBERT! HALL Irish in New York Deplore the Uprising in Dublin, Ireland. Belfast, April 27, via London, April 2S, 7 40 p. m Liberty hall, the headquarters head-quarters of the Sinn Fein society in Dublin, was shelled by a gunboat during dur-ing the rioting early this week in the Irish capital, according to official statements given out here. The first official intimation of the outbreak in Dublin was received here yesterday. Telegraphic and telephonic communication commu-nication between Belfast and Dublin is still interrupted seriously. Tho Belfast News Letter today says it understands the postoffice at Dublin Dub-lin has been retaken by the military forces. The newspaper also publishes the following statement: "The police authorities desire the widest publicity in your district of the following; " "During the night (Wednesday) a Royal Naval reserve gunboat shelled Liberty hall, the headquarters of the Sinn Fein force, and it was subsequently subse-quently occupied. Meanwhile large reinforcements have arrived in Dublin. Dub-lin. In other portions of the city the situation Is well in hand and repairs to the railway line are being effected effect-ed rapidly.' " News has been received here of the safe return to Dublin of Lord Basil Blackwood, secretary to the lord lieutenant, lieu-tenant, and Lieutenant Murray Graham, Gra-ham, who came to Belfast before the outbreak of the disorders in Dublin. The news of the shelling and capture cap-ture of Liberty hall, a ramshackle building, the rear of which is toward the Liffey river, caused the greatest satisfaction here. An official statement from the headquarters of the Irish command in Dublin, issued at the Victoria barracks bar-racks here Wednesday morning, said: "Reports from the province indicate that normal conditions prevail. Tho situation In Dublin has improved and adequate forces are at the disposal of the military authorities to cope with it." Order to Orangemen. ueuast, via .London, Apni 5, s.uo p. m. The grand master of the Orange Or-ange lodges of Ireland issued an order or-der today to all Irish Orangemen saying: say-ing: "In a crisis like the present it is the duty of every loyal man to place .his services at the absolute disposal 'of tho government-" Appeal to Wilson. Washington, April 28. Efforts were mado today by a representative of Sir Roger Casement, captured while trying to laud arms and ammunition In Ireland, to reach President Wilson with an appeal that he intervene In an effort to save tho prisoner's life. It was said at the White House that the appeal will have to be made In writing and will be referred to the state department. Uprising Deplored. New York, April 28, A meeting of the United Irish, league of America, at which resolution- wero passed fo- night deploring the uprising in Ireland Ire-land and asserting undivided allegiance allegi-ance to the United States, was Interrupted Inter-rupted by the presence of three men and two women who were not members. mem-bers. One of the intruders refused to leave when requested to do so, and was ejected. He was joined on the outside of the hall by a score of others oth-ers who cheered Sir Roger Casement and Germany and loudly denounced -John Redmond, leader of the Irish Nationalists in the British parliament. Police reserves were called, and dispersed dis-persed the crowd. Kingston, Ireland, via London, April 29, 4 '55 a. m. Four hundred Irish rebels were made prisoners when the troops captured St. Stephens green and drove tliem out with bombs, London, April 28, 8:50 p. m The casualties among the officers In charge of the troops suppressing the rioters in Dublin reported officially up to 7 o'clock this evening were: Killed Second Lieutenant G V. Pinfield, Eighth Hussars (King's Roy-al Roy-al Irish), and Second Lieutenant J. H. Valvert. Royal Irish Rifles. Wounded Wound-ed Major C. A. J. A. Black, Royal Army Medical corps', Majors W. T Rigg and W. S. B. Leatham and Second Sec-ond Lieutenant J. A. Battersby of the Royal Irish Rifles; Lieutenant H. H. Thompson, Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry. nn |