§ MR. CARSON (Dublin University)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the absence of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, whether he can give the House any information as to the alleged dynamite outrages in Dublin, and the murder alleged to have been committed in connection with them?
§ MR. ASQUITHI do not think I can give the House any information beyond that which has already appeared in the newspapers. There was, no doubt, an attempt to effect a dynamite explosion at barracks in Dublin, and a man is now under arrest. It is also, unfortunately, true that a man has been murdered in the streets of Dublin; and whether there is any connection between the two events remains to be seen. The Irish Government are of opinion it 1919 will not be in the public interest that I should give any further answer to the question.