§ Viscount CURZON(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that statements have been made in an Irish newspaper (the "Irish Times"), of 4th December, to the effect that on Saturday morning 65 wounded British soldiers were removed in ambulances to Carlisle Pier, Kingstown, and transferred to s.s. "Anglia" en route to England, and that of these 30 were stretcher cases; whether he has any statement to make?
The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Lieut.-Colonel Guinness)These soldiers were not wounded, but merely some of the sick who are being evacuated from Southern Ireland in the ordinary course in connection with the withdrawal of troops from the Free State territory.