§ 82. Mr. GINNELLasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he will, for public convenience, specify the particular colours to which the Government object in the flags of Irish athletic clubs and other drapery or have an order issued by the competent authority specifying them; and whether the order is to be enforced in this case by the military or by the police?
§ Mr. GINNELLWill the right hon. Gentleman not make public, either now or at another time, to what particular colours he objects?
§ Mr. DUKEI cannot speak about colours. But people who engage in acts of sedition or the propagation of disaffection are guilty of a breach of the law, and, so far as I am concerned, they will be brought to justice for it. In the case of people who merely exhibit colours in a harmless sort of way, I am not going to occupy the time of the police or of the public in dealing with them.
§ Mr. GINNELLWill the Chief Secretary explain how it is then that the flags of athletic clubs are taken up. Surely they are not criminal?