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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1916
Page
8
Martial law has been declared across Ireland. Major-General Sir John Maxwell arrives to command British forces with full powers to extend operations and suppress the rebellion as unrest spreads beyond Dublin city.
An advertisement promotes Western rail tours by Burlington System with plans for personally conducted trips and destinations like Denver and Salt Lake City. The article then reports on Irish political turmoil with Redmond Carson and Asquith, noting calls for inquiry and government restraint amid Sinn Fein agitation.
Washington April 27 German ambassador Count von Bernstorff weighed in on the Irish uprising saying small countries England aims to shield seem bent on fighting their own battles. He noted Parliament’s calm adjournment and warned that more severe fighting may follow in Dublin as Larkin loyalists and Irish leaders push revolt with arms acquired in America and a German submarine transport.
Sir Roger Casement, detained as a prisoner, realizes the Irish rebellion’s cause is lost and fears execution by hanging. Reported arrival details indicate he arrived via a German submarine and witnessed the sinking of an escort ship.
The Irish leader John Devoy accuses President Wilson of supplying England with the Casement tip and of acting as a servant of the English government. He denounces Wilson’s neutrality stance and calls for prosecutions before election day. Devoy also reports Ireland in Arms amid suspected cipher links between Ireland and America and cites Dublin post office attacks.
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