THE IRISH.
ALLEGATIONS IN THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS
London, August 15
In the House of Commons, an Irish member complained that Irishmen temporarily resident in England wero forced to serve in the army.
Mr Hugh Law (Nationalist member for Donegal) declared tbey had been arrested in droves, and marched through die streets iv handcuffs. The Hon. Mr Forster said that if it could bo proved that migratory labourers wero improperly taken intothe army they would no doubt be given an opportunity for obtaining their discharge.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 3021, 16 August 1916, Page 2
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