§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the case of Mr. Patrick J. Duffy, now imprisoned in Kilmainham, has recently been reconsidered, as promised; and, whether the Government now intend to release him? The hon. Member reminded the Chief Secretary of the recent pledge which he had given, that in the course of the next fortnight he would release a large number of suspects; and asked whether it was his intention, on his arrival in Ireland, to apply himself to that question?
MR. JOSEPH COWENBefore the right hon. Gentleman the Chief Secretary answers that Question, perhaps he will allow me to ask him another—namely, whether it is a fact that Mr. Henry George, the distinguished American writer, has been arrested under the recent Coercion Act?
§ MR. TREVELYANI cannot account for not having received an answer to a telegram despatched early to-day with regard to the case of Mr. Henry George and that of an Eton Master. At present I know no more about the case than other Gentlemen who have seen the newspapers. Mr. Patrick J. Duffy was released by order of the Lord Lieutenant on the 6th instant. The policy indicated in the hon. Member's Question is certainly correct.
§ MR. O'DONNELLIn view of this danger to tourists in Ireland, would the right hon. Gentleman consider the propriety of the Irish Government issuing passports for the use of inoffensive foreigners in that country?
§ MR. HEALYI wish to ask the right hon. Gentleman whether he is aware that this Mr. Henry George is the same Mr. Henry George, the correspondent of The Irish World, who was considered by two Cabinet Ministers to be a person of so much importance that they invited him to dine with them at the Reform Club, and that he accepted their invitation?
§ MR. MITCHELL HENRYasked, whether the report was true that Mr. Henry George was a correspondent of the American Irish World?
§ MR. TREVELYANI do not know.