§ 10. Mr. LUNDONasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the rifles of the Ulster Volunteers have since the outbreak of war been stored in premises known to the authorities and actually guarded by the police; will the exact number of these rifles seized by the Government since the issue of Lord French's Proclamation be given; whether he is aware that a fortnight ago Sir George Clark, of Workman and Clark, Belfast, who is a member of the Ulster Provisional Government, in an interview by an American Press man, said the Ulster Volunteers had thousands of war weapons of all kinds, as well as ammunition, and would hold them in defiance of any Proclamation so as to be ready to meet any attempt to put Home Rule into operation; and what actual steps, if any, are now being taken to put Lord French's Proclamation into force in Ulster?
§ 16. Mr. BOLANDasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is now in a position to state what action he has taken to disarm the Ulster Volunteers in North-East Ulster; and, if not, whether he proposes to take any definite action before the reassembling of Parliament in October?
18. Mr. NUGENTasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he is in a position to state, or has asked to ascertain, the number of rifles under the control of the Ulster Provisional Council or where such rifles are stored; whether he is in possession of the information that a Member of the House has intimated that he has not been asked for the surrender of the rifles; whether he is aware that feeling is growing in Ireland and outside of Ireland that the Irish Government cannot ask or could not interfere with the rifles taken from Germany for the use of the Ulster Volunteers; and what steps he purposes taking in the matter?
§ Mr. SHORTTI am not yet in a position to add anything to the reply given to previous questions with regard to the matters referred to.