§ 22. Mr. LUNDONasked the Secretary of State for War if he will explain why the military authorities are so active in rounding up young Irishmen who lived in England for a short time, but who went back to Ireland previous to the passage of Conscription, and at the same time close their eyes to the fact that thousands of young Englishmen of military age are living in Dublin and throughout Ireland without any question being put to them; is he aware that numbers of young Englishmen of military age can be seen daily at Irish race meetings, some of them in company with officers of high rank in Ireland; and whether he will see that, if young Irishmen are being harassed and persecuted, the same rule will be put in force against others, no matter in what capacity they work in Ireland and no matter to what profession they belong?
§ Mr. FORSTERUnder the Military Service Acts liability to service depends upon the question whether the individual has been ordinarily resident in Great Britain on or after a certain date, and, so long as the individual is a British subject, is wholly unconnected with the question of nationality or descent. If the hon. Member will furnish me with any information he may possess as to individuals believed to be liable under the Military Service Acts, but not summoned to the Colours, I will undertake that attention shall be paid to their cases wherever they may reside and in whatever capacity or profession they may be employed.