FURTHER DETAILS.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 May 1916, Page 5

FURTHER DETAILS.

DUBLIN SAFE. . DETAILS OF SURRENDER. Received May 3, 12.5 p.m. Ncr • , ™, London, May 2. Official.-The rebels at Enniseorthy Have surrendered. . T ' 1(!1 'e were a thousand prisoners taken ,?,?", ,"'V alf of thcm have bee " deported to England. The first large batch of surrenders took, p a je at the Rarnell Statue in SackvUle Street on Sunday forenoon, ■nhen 450 rebels gave themselves up. About the same hour ten County Meath rebels came up, with a white flag offering to surrender on behalf of their comrades. They were taken to Dublin Castle, where they were spoken to by Pearse, who told them the actual state of affairs.

Shortly atferwards, the rebels at Four Courts and St. Stephen's Green surrendered, and the few remaining in Jacobs' factory and the College of Surgeons currendered at three o'clock in the afternoon.

OFFICIAL REPORT. A communique says: All the rebels in Dublin have surrendered, and the rebels in country districts are surrendering to mobile columns. It is reported that arms are likely to be handed in to-dav at Cork city, J

The rebels at Enniseorthy on Sunday night offered to surrender their leaders and arms if the rank and file were allowed to return to their homes. They were informed that surrender must be unconditional, and this was accepted at six o'clock this morning.

APATHY AMONG THE MASSES,

BARRICADES INTACT. Received May 3, 1.5 a.m. London, May 2. Fhc. news of the surrender was re. ceived with apathy in the Dublin slums. General Maxwell maintains the barricades intact. Sentries with rifles have laid sandbags and man the barricades and the population of the Sinn Fein districts is thus cut off from the rest of the city, and the people are restless and suspicious.

REBELS DENOUNCED. Elsewhere, the populace are going to Mass to listen to sermons denouncing the rebels. Many of the population had their first square meal since the republic was proclaimed.

The wider thoroughfares were filled by soldiers, who lay on the paveraont utterly exhausted. Few slept riore than an hour at a time during the week.

ARREST OF THE REBELS,

Received May 3, 1.35 a.m.

London, May 2. Gangs of dirty unkempt insurgents are constantly being marched through the empty streets to the gaol, between double files of troops with fixed bayonets The rebels are of all ages and social standing. ■ About one in five were wearing green tunics and breeches. All the prisoners were in the last stage nf exhaustion. Their faces were haggard and eyes sunken, but there were no signs of dejection, but were rather defiant and scowling.

"YOU DIRTY DOGS!" There was a little demonstration in the strrtts. Old women spat at the rebels and cried, "You dirty dogs!" PICTURESQUE FIGURES. Some of the leaders were picturesque figures, including Sheehy and Skeffington, who were garbed in bright green and long top boots when thev were killed at the Post Office. The Countess Markiewicz was in man's uniform when she surrendered at Saint Stephen's Green. INCIDENTS OF THE REBELLION.

The Sinn Feiners at St. Stephen's Green prf. up a gallant fight, many being killed before the remnant, about a dozen, surrendered. It is expected that the rebels will be court-martialled immediately. Their fate will attract little pity' from their fellow countrymen.

Pearse and Connolly pleaded hard with General Maxwell to secure terms for the rank and file, but finally realised that argument was useless, and agreed to an immediate cessation. THE CITY RUINED, Dublin as a business city is ruined, and it is impossible that capitalists can find profitable employment for their money there for years to come.

GENERAL MAXWELL'S REPORT. Wellington, May 2. The High Commissioner reports from London, under date April 3C, 8 40 p.m.: General Maxwell reports that the situation in Dublin is much more satisfactory. Throughout the country much still remains to be done, but he hopes that the back of the rebejlion is broken. Last night messengers were dispatched \by the leader of the rebels in Dublin to rebels in Galway, Clare, Wexford, Louth ■and Dublin counties, ordering tliem to surrender. Priests and the Royal Irish Constabulary are doing their utmost to disseminate this information. Dublin rebels from the area round Sackville'Street, the Post Office and the Four Courts, are surrendering freely, 707 persons having been "made prisoner, including the Countess of Markiewicz. The rebels at Enniscorthy are reported to be still in possession of that place, and a mixed column of cavalry, infantry and artillery has 'been sent from Wex'ford with a view to engaging them. In the meantime a truce exists, pending/inquiry 'by a motor under escort to verify the accuracy of the message from the rebel leader in Dublin.

The Galway rebels are believed to be disbanding, and a few arrests are being made. The situation in other centres is normal.