§ MR. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland a question of which I have given him private notice. I would like to know for what reason the military authorities in Belfast have been in negotiation with the owners of mills and other buildings in Belfast, and throughout Ulster, with a view to the accommodation of additional troops, and whether it is true that 2,000 more troops have been sent to Belfast?
MR. J. MORLEYI will give the hon. Gentleman the reason for the alleged negotiations when I am made aware that their existence is a fact. I have no knowledge of them. The other statement I am empowered by the Commander of the Forces in Ireland to entirely and wholly deny.