THE IRISH PRISONERS.
174 HUNGER STRIKING.
TERRORISM PREVENTS TRIAL.
AMELIORATIVE TREATMENT. By Telegraph Press Association-—Copyright
(Received 9.30 p.m.) Press Association. . LONDON, April 26. ;.Mr.; Bonar Law stated in the House of Commons that the Government's policy in Ireland, of protecting the lives and property, of law-abiding citizens would be continued. The suggestion that Lord ,French was invited to' resign was unfounded. Out c-f 179 Irish prisoners at Wormwood Scrubbs, 174 were refusing food. The policy of giving special ameliorative conditions to such men was always followed in England. No demand for an improvement of conditions had been made. None of' the prisoners had yet been tried nor was it proposed to try them because the fear c-f being murdered prevented truthful evidence being given in Ireland. The prisoners were interned under an order -of the Irish Government and had been told that they were arrested under suspicion. If they chose, they could bring their cases before a judicial tribunal.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17456, 28 April 1920, Page 6
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