§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the tenants on Lord Templemore's estate have refused to pay their rents; whether the amount, less 25 per cent., has been lodged in the hands of trustees, and if there is any truth in the report in the newspapers that a contribution of 6d. in the pound has been levied on the Poor Law Valuations as a fighting fund; and if the police authorities have made any report concerning this revival of the Plan of Campaign?
§ MR. THOMAS HEALY (Wexford, N.)Arising out of the question, may I ask whether the right hon. Gentleman is aware that the tenants had more than 197 once denied that they had any intention of entering into the Plan of Campaign?
MR. J. MORLEYI cannot answer the question of the hon. Member opposite, because there appears to be foundation for the statements contained in the hon. Member's question. The police have made full reports regarding the operations on this estate—whaterer is the proper name to give those operations —and I will keep the matter under close observation.