CITY OF DESOLATION.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLII, Issue 87, 9 May 1916, Page 3

CITY OF DESOLATION.

STARVATION - OH DKATII. LONDON, 'May 2. The Times <-urrt's]>o n< 1 tMit at Dublin lavs t lijir after tin' leaders surrendered lluhlin became ;is quiet its a grave. The last act of resistance was to set the Post Office on lire ami retire beltimll the Coliseum, where I lie white tlag was raise IFor six days tn> eivilian could venture into the street* without risking his life. Scores of men, women and children who face,l the risk rather than starve are now lying lifeless in the mortuaries or maimed in the hospitals. The grey smoke from the ruins of Sackvilie Street still rises mournfully, ami a line ash hangs in the air ami (ills tlic nutters. Occasionally a rilie .shot riiijrs out. It is a city of desolation, ainl the <li'.'i<l make piteous scenes in the streets. A number of corpses are lying in tin' roadways, and priests are temlinj; to the wounded and dying, ami anxiously making jruest for collins, which are not procurable. One ni' the rebels who was captured !iad ;i hook entitled ''Simple and Lflitienl Demolition of Railways,'' but attempts to carry out its precepts were confined to the destruction of a small hridyt* over the western river. The whole of the soldiers were employed to construct a temporary bridge, which was accomplished in a few hours. Books on scoutiwere frequently found in the possession of the prisoners. It is believed that the rebels acted iiinler Herman direction. One was pirhed in a partial German uniform iviieu he surrendered. The ammunition was largely of home manufacture. There were bombs made of salmon tins. Some foreign bullets were used, and also some ancient British kllets. One rebel machine gun did great ex-, Mtioii from within tin- gates of the toanic Hardens. It is a mystery how i;was concealed there without the authorities discovering it. THE CORK SURRENDER. BISHOP'S PKRHI'ASION. LO.VDON, May At Cork the Sinn Feiners were sent an ultimatum to surrender to the army by noon on Saturday. The troops placed machine guns within sight of the Sinn Fein headquarters in 'Mile Street and waited events. Meanwhile the I'omau Catholic Bishop ami the Lord Mayor drove up at midnight and had interviews with the Sinn feiners, and the conference continued for hours until both sides were exbusted. The Bishop finally proved triumphant, and the arms were given up. GOVERNMENT'S CHANCE. TO (i;rsll DISARFKCTION. IM'IDKNTS OK THK FIG IITIMi. LONDON, May riie Times' correspondent in Dublin suites that an unarmed policeman, while posting a letter in a small western town, whs sun-minded bv the rebels and told to Mirreiider. lie tried to walk buck home, •'lit was shot dead. A small body of constabulary was ambushed in the west. They fired on a number of rebels, who immediately fled. The police pursued in two motor ears, in which they had placed two machine gnus, these being under the seats iu W'lev to make room. Presently they found themselves in the midst of a rebel 'wee. They fought their way out to the nearest houses and barricaded tliemin until soldiers relieved them. One Ihiblin hotel was crowded with fcirejrners. The soldiers thought the inmate'; were rebels, while the rebels thought the inmates were soldiers. Thus | '"ttli soldiers and rebels bombarded the hotel alternately. The inmates tied in- : 'o the cellars, until, the hotel taking fr' 1 '. the inmates poured out with a white '' a K- hut the rebels shot down three of 'hem. Ireland, adds the correspondent, has ; ' ,p en lett absolutely sound. The out- , Weak has -cgi-cgaled and exposed the : element-, of di»nfVivtion. which have II heavy blow, and .-an be utterly crushed out of existence if the Nationalists sternly express the that the lesson of the insurrection ftl " not he spoiled by untimely weakness. j( w;ls ;l | lrU f a i f bloody, savage marked by shocking and eal"H,s cruelty. Innocent civilians were "itchered ' MI ( . o |,| Idood, unarmed police an 'l s «ldiers were shot down, and the " 10>T important centre of Dublin lias Wen reduced to ashes, inflicting untold Hardships and loss, SOME OF THE RESULTS, LONDON, May 3. 'lead in the Dublin hospitals in.Ul.'e soldiers and 122 rebels and Lilians. jMUttb « le9tr °y ed an 'J damaged