§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has received a report of a constabulary post having been fired into at Knockadrive, near Brosna, county Kerry; and whether any arrests were made.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe reply to the first inquiry is in the affirmative, and to the second in the negative.
§ MR. LONSDALEasked if the right hon. Gentleman could explain why there had been no arrests.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe police can only make arrests in a reasonable manner; they cannot go about arresting anybody.