On Monday the House of Commons discussed the Dublin riots.
Mr. Birrell, in an official statement, said that Mr. Harrel, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, had requi- sitioned the troops on his own authority, although the Under- Secretary (Sir James Dougherty) had instructed him to attempt no forcible disarmament of the Irish National Volunteers, but only to take names and to ascertain the destination of the rifles. Mr. Harrel had been suspended till an inquiry could be held. Mr. Redmond moved the adjournment of the House in order further to discuss the Dublin riots. Who he asked, was responsible for the "monstrous attempt to discriminate between various classes" in Ireland ? The gun- runners at Larne had gone free; the Volunteers in Dublin bad been attacked. The Government had blamed a subordinate official, but where was the Commissioner of Police, Sir John Rosa—" a thoroughly incompetent officer ; a well-known political partisan" ?
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