§ 54. Mr. MacVEAGHasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he can state who is responsible for the official issue of the photograph entitled, "Grim reality from the Kerry front, after the battle of Tralee"; whether he is aware that this is a faked photograph, the scene being laid, not in Kerry, but at the corner of Victoria Road and Vico Road, Dalkey, county Dublin; whether a Government armoured car and soldiers were lent for the purpose of preparing the picture; and what action he proposes to take?
§ Mr. HENRYI know nothing as to the circumstances in which the picture in question was taken. It was not issued officially or with the knowledge of any responsible official.
§ Mr. MacVEAGHCan the right hon. Gentleman say whether it is the fact that the military authorities in Dublin lent for the purpose of the taking of this photograph an armoured car and a number of soldiers, and that this photograph was taken with the co-operation of the authorities in Dublin Castle?
§ Viscount CURZONDoes the right hon. Gentleman agree with the statement made in the question that it is a faked photograph?
§ Mr. MacVEAGHIt is, of course. The Leader of the House knows what a faked photograph is. Can the right hon. 1421 Gentleman tell me if a film was also taken of this scene, and that at a private show of the film it was found that it would have to be abandoned because one of the "corpses" moved?
§ Mr. MacVEAGHIt is part of your propaganda, and you ought to know all about it.