§ Mr. SPEAKER informed the House that he had received the following letters relating to the imprisonment of Members:—
§ Dublin District,
§ Lower Castle Yard,
§ Dublin,
§ D.D. No. 16/99 (R.O.),
§ 29th November, 1920.
§ The Right Honourable the Speaker,
§ House of Commons,
§ London, S.W.I.
§ Sir,
§ I have the honour to report that on the 27th day of November, 1920, Mr. W. Sears, M.P. for South Mayo, was arrested under a 1254 direction issued by me as Competent Military Authority, under the Restoration of Order in Ireland Regulations, and was committed to His Majesty's prison, Mountjoy, on the same date.
§ I have the honour to be,
§ Sir,
§ Your obedient servant,
§ A. D. M. BROWNE,
§ Lieutenant-Colonel,
§ A.A. and Q.M.G. for Major-General,
§ Competent Military Authority.
§ Dublin District,
§ Lower Castle Yard,
§ Dublin,
§ D.D. No. 16/99 (R.O.),
§ 29th November, 1920.
§ The Right Honourable the Speaker,
§ House of Commons,
§ London, S.W.I.
§ Sir,
§ I have the honour to report that on the 24th day of November, 1920, Mr. E. J. Duggan, M.P. for South Meath, was arrested under a direction issued by me as Competent Military Authority, under the Restoration of Order in Ireland Regulations, and was committed to His Majesty's prison, Mountjoy, on the same date.
§ I have the honour to be,
§ Sir,
§ Your obedient servant,
§ A. D. M. BROWNE,
§ Lieutenant-Colonel,
§ A.A. and Q.M.G. for Major-General,
§ Competent Military Authority.
§ Dublin District,
§ Lower Castle Yard,
§ Dublin,
§ D.D. No. 16/99 (R.O.),
§ 29th November, 1920.
§ The Right Honourable the Speaker,
§ House of Commons,
§ London, S.W.I.
§ Sir,
§ I have the honour to report that on the 26th day of November, 1920, Mr. John MacNeill, M.P. for Londonderry City and National University, Dublin, was arrested under a direction issued by me as Competent Military Authority, under the Restoration of Order in Ireland Regulations, and was committed to His Majesty's prison, Mountjoy, on same date.
§ I have the honour to be,
§ Sir,
§ Your obedient servant,
§ A. D. M. BROWNE,
§ Lieutenant-Colonel,
§ A.A. and Q.M.G. for Major-General,
§ Competent Military Authority.
§ Dublin District,
§ Lower Castle Yard,
§ Dublin,
§ D.D. No. 16/99 (R.O.),
§ 29th November, 1920.
§ The Right Honourable the Speaker,
§ House of Commons,
§ London, S.W.I.
§ Sir,
§ I have the honour to report that on the 26th day of November, 1920, Mr. Arthur Griffith, M.P. for Cavan, East, and Tyrone, 1255 North-West, was arrested under a direction issued by me as Competent Military Authority, under the Restoration of Order in Ireland Regulations, and was committed to His Majesty's prison, Mountjoy, on same date.
§ I have the honour to be,
§ Sir,
§ Your obedient servant,
§ A. D. M. BROWNE,
§ Lieutenant-Colonel,
§ A.A. and Q.M.G. for Major-General,
§ Competent Military Authority.