§ Mr. Speakerinformed the House that he had received the following letter relating to the arrest and imprisonment of a Member:
§ General Headquarters, Ireland,
§ Parkgate, Dublin,
§ 6th March, 1919.
§ Sir,
§ I have the honour to report that on the 4th day of March, 1919, Mr. Pierce Beasley, M.P. for East Kerry, was arrested under a direction issued by me and committed to Mountjoy Prison, there to await his trial by court-martial for an offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
§ I have the honour to be,
§ Sir,
§ Your obedient Servant,
§ F. Shaw,
§ Lieutenant-General,
§ Commanding-in-Chief, Ireland, Competent Military Authority.
§ The Right Honourable
§ The Speaker,
§ House of Commons,
§ London, S.W. 1.