§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNORasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it is a fact that Mr. Patrick Cahill, editor of the "Leinster Leader," has been arrested under the Coercion Act, and imprisoned in Clonmel Gaol; and, if so, why he has not been lodged in Naas, where his newspaper is published, and where he would continue to conduct his business?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON) (for Mr. W. E. FORSTER)Mr. Patrick Cahill has been arrested under the Protection of Person and Property (Ireland) Act, and is detained in the gaol at Clonmel, and not at Naas, for reasons which the Executive deemed expedient, but which I cannot state to the House.
§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNORasked, whether the Executive would be prepared to accord to Mr. Cahill facilities for carrying on his business?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON), in reply, said, he should suppose so, as long as the business was conducted lawfully.