§ 9. Major NEWMANasked the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he has been acquainted by our Legation at Washington of statements made in the United States of America that the military in this country have, by executing, imprisoning, and deporting thousands of Irishmen, left the families of these men without a breadwinner and that in consequence the impending harvest from lack of hands to gather it must be lost; and, if so, will he lay such reports before the House?
§ Lord R. CECILNo such reports have been received, and the alleged statement is entirely untrue.
§ Major NEWMANIs it not a fact that statements to this effect have been published and printed in the "Times" newspaper actually bearing out the basis of my question?
§ Lord R. CECILI can only say that, so far as we are concerned, no such reports have been received.