REVOLT BROKEN.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 July 1922, Page 5

REVOLT BROKEN.

QUIETER IN DUBLIN. MORE POSITIONS TAKEN. THE OUTLOOK OBSCURE. NEXT MOVE AWAITED. By Telegraph-Press Aa»n.—Copyright. ‘ Received July 3, 5.5 p.m. London, July 3. Bishop O’Reilly urged de Valera to join a peace conference at the Sbelbourne Hotel, but de Valera did not reply. A fierce battle is proceeding. The rebels have evacuated their strongholds in Sackviile Street, 500 being captured. Free Staters surrounded and attempted to storm the building, in which are de Valera, Brugha and Markievicz. The result of the fighting in Dublin to midnight gives evidence that the back of the rebellion has been broken. The rebels ■have been driven into a congested area. 776 yards long, with a frontage to SackviHe Street. Margaret Street, and Parnell Square.

Many more or less important positions were captured during the enveloping movement During an infantry attack the rebels exploded several mines. The civilian population is wholeheartedly assisting the Free Staters. Many girls are workinr day and night providing comforts for the troops, and men are assisting in other ways in sterner duties. Free State reinforcements are reaching the city. Bishop O’Reilly communicated with de Valera from rhe American Consulate, which was forced to remove to the Sbelbourne Hotel. Firing ceased at three o’clock this morning, when the position was described as obscure, and the next move is being awaited with anxiety.—Aus.K2. Cable As«n. DUBLIN’S FOOD SUPPLY. MENACED BY REBELS. London, July 2A Pre<s sheet issued by the Republicans states:—“General G’Maille and Commandant-General Griffin, who were captured in connection with the Four Courts. have escaped, and are again cooperating with the Republicans, who have been reinforced by men and material.” Free State troops are garrisoning Trinity College, where the famous Book of Keils and other priceless manuscripts are kept. Civilians in Dublin are already suffering, pie banks are largely closed, and wage-earners are unable to obtain money. The unemployed are also unable to obtain their dole from the Labor Exchange. The food supply of Dublin is threatened. As the Republicans ar.e commandeering the contents of shops, suburban _ areas are denuded of food. The Republicans are seizing provisions and clothing all over the South. Some shops are so depleted that they have been obliged to J close. Scarcely a motor car is now left ■ with private traders, and touring cars have been snapped up everywhere. The Republicans have appointed censors in provincial newspaper offices, who are cutting out the reports of the successes of Free State troops. Official reports from the provinces, however, emphasise that the trouble is being effectively dealt with. Free Staters operating in Kilkenny captured the Callan barracks, while the Irregulars in Tipperary burned all the outlying barracks and retreated to Clonmel. There are large captures in Donegal, where the Free Staters are in complete control except in the eastern district where the “last ditchers” are concentrated.

MORE FIGHTING. London, July 1. irregulars seized the Cork Examiner ■ affiee. Free Staters captured Cardonagh Bartacks after an hour’s fighting. The country districts are fairly quiet. Several small conflicts have occurred, but no ser<sus fighting. It is understood intermeliaries are trying to arrange peace negotiations in Dublin. A STATE OF SIEGE. London, July 2. A Dublin message states that on Sunday afternoon irregulars were still in possession of all the buildings occupied after the fall of the Four Courts. No concerted attacks have yet been made, but Free Staters are surounding the affected areas in O’Connell Street and Rutland Square. Sniping and machinegun fire have been general throughout the day. Irregulars laid mines around their positions, so the Government troops were forced to advance warily in order to avoid repetitions of the explosions to which they were subjected at the Four Courts. Big garrisons are holding out at Raphoe and Convoy- Telegraph wires have been cut and no one is allowed to enter the two towns. Free Staters are concentrating at Inchfort for the conquest of Donegal. DE VALERA BOMBARDED. REFUSES TO SURRENDER. London, July 2. An attack is proceeding in Dublin on the rebel stronghold*. Moran’s Hotel has surrendered, displaying the white flag after two shells were fired. The Gresham Hotel Ide Valera’s headquarters) is under bombardment. Six further deaths occurred as a result of Satnrday’s fighting, including a British soldier, who was sniped at from Moran’s Hotel. Three other English soldiers were wounded at the* same time. The correspondent of the Daily Express, wirelessing from a steamer in the Dublin Harbor on Sunday evening, says a desperate battle is developing. Archbishop Byrne and the Lord Mayor visited de Valera at the Gresham Hotel on Sunday moraine and asked him to surrender, but de Valera refused. Accordingly Mr. Collins ordered the attack in the Sackville Street area to recommence a heavy artillery bombardment, and fierce fighting took place in the centre of the city, where a block of buildings was protected by a barricade of vehicles extending threequartere of a mile, the windows being filled with mattresses. Various buildings are connected by tunnels, and rifle fire is continuous. Many land mines have exploded. Fifty rebels were captured in Sunday’s fighting in Dublin*