A VIGOROUS PROTEST

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 661, 13 October 1933, Page 5

A VIGOROUS PROTEST

(Press Assn.-

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-By Telegraph — Copyright).

(Rec. 7 p.m.) London, October 12. In the Dail, Mr. McDermott asked whether the Government had introduced prosecutions in connection with the Tralee demonstrations on October 6. Mr. P. J. Ruttledge, Minister of Justice, replied that he was not in a position to make a statement. The Attorney-General was investigating the matter, he said. Mr. 'McDermott declared that he was dissatisfied with the reply. Mr. McDermott, on a motion for an adjournment, vividly drew attention to the conditions of the Free State, declaring that the problem of intimidation had increased in seri- . ousness since the formation of the United Irish Party. The first serious outbreak was at Limerick (when the police did their duty) in which deputies supporting Mr. de Valera participated. The I.R.A. organisation congratulated the mob on the occurrences at Tralee, involving injuries to General O'Duffy, Mr. Lynch (an ex-minister) and others. Mr. McDermott recalled the storming of his car at Limerick on October 5, when several should have been arrested. All parties should cooperate to deal with organised attempts to destroy the rights of citizenship. Mr. Ruttledge's admission that no arrests had been made at Tralee had disgraced the Government. Mr. Ruttledge replied that the At-torney-General must decide whether the charges could be made before a military tribunal or before the ordinary court. The Government was behind the civic guard and the preservation of free speech. The matter was then dropped.