HC Deb 25 April 1917 vol 92 c2411W
Mr. GINNELL

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, in view of the engagements of both groups of belligerents to concur in the re-establishment of an undivided Polish State and the correlative fact that Poles, as such, are not interned in this country, he will say why Leon Opielinski, a Pole, who has been a resident in the United Kingdom these twenty-four years, and is married to an Irish wife, is now interned in Ireland; if there be any charge against him, other than marrying an Irish wife, whether he will be tried under the ordinary law; if not, whether he will be released; and. if not, what provision is made for the maintenance of his wife and young family deprived of their breadwinner?

Mr. DUKE

I am informed that Mr. Opielinski is interned, but the internment was made by the military authorities, and not at the instance of the Irish Executive.