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In the House of Commons on Wednesday Mr. Rupert Gwynn°

moved the adjournment of the House in order to discuss the responsibility of the Government for the safety of the three British officers who were kidnapped in Ireland recently, and about whom nothing has since been heard. Sir Henry Wilson pointed out that there were still, as a matter of fact, British troops in Ireland. No doubt the Government kept them there as a protection for Dublin, Cork and Queenstown in case the Provisional Government should break down. Thus the Govern- ment., by a material act, did acknowledge responsibility ; yet when appealed to they always disavowed all responsibility. That was an impossible situation.

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