CAPTAIN- CRAIG (Down, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to the remarks of Mr. Justice Ross, in the Land Judge's Court, Dublin, on Friday, the 8th instant, when he stated that Ireland suffered from a plague of cowardice to bring the persons who are doing wrong to justice; and whether he will bring these remarks under the notice of the Royal Irish Constabulary authorities with a view to urging greater efforts on their part to bring wrong doers to justice.
§ (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) According to the newspapers, Mr. Justice Ross said that the people were suffering from the plague of cowardice in not bringing wrong doers to justice. The learned Judge did not suggest that there was any laxity in this respect on the part of the police.