§ Mr. MacVEAGHasked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that on Wednesday night during curfew a number of houses in the Blackrock district of the City of Cork were attacked by Crown forces, who sprinkled the furniture with petrol and threw bombs into the houses; and whether General Strickland will be allowed to report publicly on this incident?
§ Mr. HENRYThis place is in the martial-law area, and I have therefore asked the Commander-in-Chief to furnish me with a report on the matter. Perhaps the hon. Member will kindly repeat the question, of which I only received notice on Friday, one day next week.
§ Lord H. CAVENDISH-BENTINCKasked the Chief Secretary whether, following the killing of police near Clifden, County Mayo, on 16th March, a number of houses were burnt by members of the Crown forces in the neighbourhood; whether some of these houses were a considerable distance from the scene of the tragedy; and whether this reprisal was officially authorised?
§ Mr. HENRYIf the Noble Lord will refer to a reply I gave to a question by the hon. and gallant Member for the Central Hull Division (Lieut.-Commander Kenworthy) on the 7th instant, he will find that the burning of these houses was not in the nature of a reprisal, official or unofficial.