Saturday April 29, 1916
Dublin, Ireland - Irish Rebels Continue to Battle British Troops

Irish Rebels at the Barricades

From The New York Times of April 28, 1916:

LONDON, Friday, April 28.-Martial law has been declared throughout Ireland, and Major Gen. Sir John Maxwell, who until recently commanded the troops in Egypt, has gone over to take charge, the Irish executive officials having placed themselves under his instructions. Full disciplinary have been given to him for the extension of the operations and the suppression of the rebellion, which has spread to the west and south.

Premier Asquith, who on Wednesday had given reassuring news respecting the situation, caused something of a flutter of anxiety yesterday in the House of Commons when he announced a spread of the movement to other parts of Ireland, the retention by the revolutionary forces of certain parts of Dublin and the fact that fighting was still going on in the streets. The Prime Minister added, however, that the Government was convinced the forces now in Ireland and those proceeding there were adequate to deal with the situation.

John Redmond, leader of the Irish Nationalist Party, and Sir Edward Carson, the Unionist leader, strong opponents on the Home Rule question, expressed their detestation of the rising, and, as a consequence, Premier Asquith said he did not think it necessary to hold a session of the House Monday, as had been suggested by one of the members "to make clear to the world what true amount of support was behind the movement."

"Our allies," said Mr. Asquith, "already have been made aware by Sir Edward Carson and Mr. Redmond that the movement is sectional only and has no sympathy from the representatives of the Irish leaders.".....

Irishmen in Colonies Indignant.

From Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and other parts of the Empire came a flood of cable grams to Mr. Redmond today repudiating the action of the rebellious elements in Dublin, and expressing scorn at what they have done "while brave Irish soldiers are dying at the front that their country many prosper."

Incidentally the messages express the fullest confidence in Mr. Redmond and the Irish Parliamentary Party. Some of them were given out for publication by the Nationalist leader. One from Sydney, signed "MacCarthy," reads:

The sectional pro-German rioting disgusts Home Rulers here. Take heart! Our race is with you and our gallant countrymen at the front.

From Melbourne came a message signed "O'Connell," reading:

The Irish in Victoria view with abhorrence the futile and meaningless rebellion at Dublin, and sympathize with the National Party in the cruel struggle against the criminal efforts of an insignificant minority to thwart the noble object of peace and reconciliation which was almost accomplished.

Such fanatics betray gross ingratitude for the benefits Ireland has received through long agitation and the generosity of the Irish abroad, as well as the valuable help rendered by the British and other democracies. Brave Irish soldiers are dying at the front that their country may prosper. Their nobility of sacrifice should shame all the wreckers of Ireland's future.

The guilt of the horrible bloodshed at Dublin will be on the misguided leaders of the outbreak.

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SOURCE

The New York Times
(New York, New York)
-by Apr 28, 1916
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9806E6DC113FE233A2575BC2A...

IMAGES
Easter Rising, Irish Rebels, Apr 24-30, 1916
https://firstworldwarhiddenhistory.wordpress.com/category/ireland/sir-ed...
Easter Rising, NYT, Apr 28, 1916
Easter Rising, Colonial Irish Roused, NYT, Apr 28, 1916
Easter Rising, Dublin Cut Off, NYT, Apr 28, 1916
https://www.newspapers.com/image/20481825/

See also:

John Redmond
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/easterrising/profiles/po12.shtml

Edward Carson
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/easterrising/profiles/po02.shtml