§ LORD DANESFORT had the following Notice on the Paper: To ask His Majesty's Government whether their attention has been called to the statements made by Mr. de Valera in the Dail on the 8th, 13th, and 20th of June to the effect that his people were determined not to observe the Treaty or any of their obligations to the British Government; that his Government, by their general economic policy, were getting the country into a position of strength for the time when the final severance of the connection with the British Government will take place, as he was sure it would take place; and that his Government proposed with all possible speed to get rid of the post of Governor-General and all those functions carried on by what they regard as an unnecessary official; and whether, in view of the manifest intention of Mr. de Valera and his Government to secede from Great Britain and establish a Republic in Southern Ireland at the earliest possible date, and of the widespread anxiety amongst South Irish born loyalists in regard to their future, His Majesty's Government will give an assurance that they will take adequate steps to safeguard the constitutional status and the legitimate rights of all South Irish born loyal subjects of the King; and to move for Papers.
§ The noble Lord said: My Lords, in view of the lateness of the hour and the importance of the subject to which I was going to draw attention I venture to ask the House to let me adjourn it till Wednesday, July 25. There is at present not very much business on the Paper for that day, and I hope the subject may come on at a fairly early hour.
§ House adjourned at half-past seven o'clock.