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Show BE VALESW EASTER MESSAGE SEEMS TO INCITE REBEL COUP "Ireland Is Yours for the Taking," Republican Leader Assures Young Men and Women; Heavy Rival Forces Face Each Other in Many Cities DUBLIN, April 15. (By the Associated Asso-ciated ress ) Eamonn de Valerti this evening issued an iilastcr message addressed to the republic of Ireland It follows Young men and women of Ireland, Ire-land, hold ntea.dlly on. Those who, with cries of woe and lamentaili.ii. would Involve you in a disastrous rout will soon sec really you behind and' vlo with you for a place In the vanguard, van-guard, "Beyond all tellinc is the destiny God has In His mind for Ireland, tho fair, the 'peerless ' one. You are artificers ar-tificers of that destiny Yours Is tho faith that moves mountains, the faith thut comforts cowardly reason and Its thousands of misgivings. Vours Is the faith und lovo that begot the enterprise of Easter,. 1916. "Young men and young women of Ireland, the goal is at Lust In sight. Steady; all togetht r forward. ire-land ire-land Is yours for the taking. "EAMONN DE VALERA. "Easter. 1922 " Belief v. as expressed in some quarters quar-ters In Dublin that the character of the last sentences In Mr. de Vali r i message would strengthen current rumors ru-mors of a republican coup during this EasU-r ARMED MEN POUR IV. SLKiO, Ireland. April 15. (By the! Associated Press ) This picturesque Irish town, where Arthur Griffith, president of the Dall Elrcann, Is. .o deliver an address tomorrow In favor of the Free State treaty, was full of armed men tonight, and relnfoi ments for tho insurgent followers of Eamonn de Valera were pouring in from the country Nearly every house In the city was occupied by troops, and there was wholesale food comma com-ma ndeering. It was stated tonight that the insurgent insur-gent troops Intend to allow no civilians civil-ians on the streets after one o'cloi l tomorrow afternoon In view of the presence of so many armed men, it Is I feared that few citizens will attend Mr. Griffith's address 1 I nY DANIEL O DO WELL. ( International N e-ws Sorvice- DUBEIN, April 15 The next 48 hours will probably see the climax' in the Irish crisis and determine whether the republicans gain the up-je up-je r hand through an Eastertide coup. There are . heavy forces of both Free State troops and Irish republl-can republl-can army rebels n Dublin, but up ioi tonight there had been no fighting. ' The Easter message of Eamonn de- I YaPra, leader of th republicans tf.Hlr.o- i o ouo5 men unn women of Ireland" that 'Ireland Is yours for the taking of it" was regarded as highly significant Although the mutinous mu-tinous members of the rrlsh republican republi-can army claim that de Valera docs i)"' control them. the republican hieftaln assumed a tone of authority In his message. BRITISH KEEP AWAY. Mutineers are still in control of the Four Courts building No attempt has been made to take it from them Reinforcements of Free State trocps ' and rebels came into tho city during the day, but the British soldiers kepi 1 to their barracks. It Is reported In certain circles here that the republicans Intend to cee-brate cee-brate Monday, the sixth anniversary of the famous Easter rebellion by I proclaiming the Irish republic at the I ruins of the postofflce on O'Conm l! J street, I'horo Pearse proclaimed the republic in 191. This report . ould ! not be reliably confirmed. The atmosphere is charged with ten Ion ..nd the people are apprehen- slve. BUILDINGS SEIZED. LONDON. April 15 Members of the Irish republican army seized a number of public buildings and business busi-ness premises during the afternoon as a precautionary measure agalns po Iblc developments" during Easter week, said a Central News dlspat h from Dublin toinwhi The seized property prop-erty included the Shelbourne hotel 1 rallwaj premises In Amiens street and Hi- povti.ii'lec. |