§ Mr. DEVLINasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that the house of Mrs. J. E. Green, in Dublin, was raided by the armed forces of the Crown on Monday, 29th November, at 9 p.m.; that Mrs. Green was guarded in one room and her secretary and maids in another while the house was ransacked: that the raiders smashed a panel in her study wall, ripping it open in their search for papers; that they finally went off with practically every paper she possessed, including all her historical papers, the collection and work of a life time; that Mrs. Green is at present engaged on a work bearing on the early history of Ireland; and that she has applied to Dublin Castle for the return of her historical papers, but does not in the least know whether she will ever see them again; whether he is aware that Mrs. Green is nearly 75 years of age and in bad health; and that the Crown Forces came in two armed lorries and had sacks into which all her papers were thrown; and what explanation he has to make on the matter?
§ Mr. HENRYI am informed that Mrs. Green's house was searched on the 28th ultimo and some of her papers were removed for examination. No avoidable damage or inconvenience was caused during the search, and the papers with the exception of a number of documents of a definitely seditious character have since been returned.