§ MR. HENRY CAMPBELL (Fermanagh, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state on what grounds he directed the suppression of the Rosslea branch of the National League; is he aware that the police have been constantly parading the neighbourhood; can he explain why, on 31st January, District Inspector Dagg and four constables kept marching round the Catholic Church during the celebration of mass; if it has been brought to his notice that the police assaulted a Mr. Smith, a miller or Rosslea, and broke the door of the mill off its hinges, in search of a meeting of the branch; and under what authority they took this course?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR, Manchester, E.)The Rosslea branch of the National League was suppressed because it persisted, after being twice warned, in passing and publishing in certain newspapers resolutions inciting to intimidation and boycotting. The police have since patrolled the neighbourhood at such times as they deemed necessary. The Constabulary authorities report that the allegations contained in the third and fourth paragraphs are without foundation.