§ MR. SUMMERSasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, in view of the statement on the subject of Mr. Moroney's health, that were contained in his letter to Mr. Armitage, he will consent to lay upon the Table of the House the Reports that were made by the medical officers who examined Mr. Moroney during the period of his confinement in gaol?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe statements in my letter to Mr. Armitage related solely to the different versions of the Moroney affair, which the Nationalist Press and others gave before and after Moroney's release, according as it suited the controversial exigencies of the 708 moment to describe Moroney as a suffering martyr or a triumphant hero. No light would be thrown on this question by the production of the doctors' Reports.
§ MR. C. BRADLAUGH (Northampton)Do I understand the right hon. Gentleman to say that no light could be thrown on the actual condition of Moroney while in prison?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI was not discussing the actual condition of Mr. Moroney, but the relative versions of his condition given before and after his arrest.