§ 64. Mr. GINNELLasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was by his direction the camp authorities at Frongoch recently prevented the transmission of a telegram from Thomas Daly, an untried Irish prisoner there, whose wife had just died in Dublin, asking his brother to look after his home and children; and what is the official reason for this treatment of an untried man?
§ Sir G. CAVEI am informed that a telegram signed "Daly" was offered for transmission by another prisoner, and that he was told to inform Daly that he must himself hand in any telegram he wished to send. The Secretary of State had given no direction in the matter, and I am inquiring into it.
§ Mr. BYRNEIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that a number of letters and telegrams have been sent during the last three or four days to prisoners, dealing with the sickness or death of various persons, and that the prisoners have not been allowed to reply to them?
§ Sir G. CAVEThat is a matter which will be taken into consideration in the Home Office inquiry into the whole matter.
§ Mr. GINNELLThe right hon. Gentleman has not told us by whose instructions Daly's telegram was returned.
§ Sir G. CAVEI assume by the commandant. But that, again, will be one of the subjects of the inquiry I am making.
§ Mr. GINNELLWill the right hon. Gentleman inquire why any communication that the commandant desired to make to him was not made to him through the usual channel recognised for all other purposes?