§ 65. Mr. PENNEFATHERasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he is aware that much misapprehension is caused both at home and abroad by statements and questions so framed that they convey the impression that armed or uniformed men who commit outrages in Ireland are necessarily servants of the Crown; and, if this is not so, can he do or say anything to remove such misapprehensions and to prevent repetitions of suggestions which can serve no good purpose, and which are unfair to the military and police forces?
§ Mr. HENRYI have repeatedly stated in the House that murders and other outrages in Ireland have been committed by persons unlawfully dressed in the uniforms of the soldiers or police. This was true of the recent ambush massacre and mutilation by axes of 16 members of the Auxiliary Division at Killmichael, in County Cork, on the 28th November last. The murderers were dressed in khaki and wore trench helmets.