asked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he will cause instructions to be issued for the publication of the evidence taken at Countess Marckie-vicz's court-martial, or if he will state the nature of the charge made against her and upon what evidence she was convicted?

I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 8th March by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the hon. Member for West Meath (North).

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a number of men employed at the remount depot, Balls Bridge, Dublin, have been dismissed and others are being threatened with dismissal for seeking the assistance of the Member for the Harbour Division to obtain for them a living wage; and if he will order the dismissal of the official responsible for this conduct?

I have not yet got full particulars of these cases, but I can assure the hon. Member that there is no foundation for his allegation that they have been dismissed in the circumstances which he suggests.

asked the Home Secretary whether he has taken any action with regard to the man Gootman who was recently living in various Strand hotels, and who had entered himself as a student of medicine at St. Thomas's Hospital; have his nationality and antecedents yet been discovered by the Department; and has he been interned, or how otherwise-has he been dealt with?

The investigation which I have caused to be made does not show any reason to doubt that Gootman is of Russian nationality or disclose any ground for depriving him of his liberty. If the hon. Member has any information to give me as to Gootman or his friends, I shall be glad to consider it.

asked the Home Secretary whether he has recently received a deputation of London motor-cab proprietors relative to a proposal to increase the initial hiring fare; if so, whether he-requested that further facts in connection with the industry should be placed before him; has this information been forthcoming; and whether, in view of the fact that cabs are daily being withdrawn in consequence of the impossibility of running them at a profit under present conditions, he can make any statement on the subject?

The answer to the first three paragraphs of the question is in the affirmative. I have also discussed the matter with a deputation representing the Union of Licensed Vehicle-Workers, and I am in communication with both parties with a view to an early decision. I cannot make any further statement on the subject at present.

asked the Home Secretary if he will consider the desirability of allowing the Irish prisoners at Lewes to wear their own civilian clothes; and if their friends will be allowed to send parcels of foodstuffs to supplement the prison diet?

I regret that I cannot accede to either of these requests.

asked the Attorney-General whether he can state the number of publications that have been seized under the Defence of the Realm Regulations; whether the author of any single one has been proceeded against for seditious or criminal libel; and whether he will advise that future seizures will be followed by a prosecution for seditious or criminal libel, so that the author can have the opportunity of having his writings judged by a judge and jury, as was done during the Napoleonic Wars?

My right hon. and learned Friend has asked me to reply to this question. I am unable to state the number of publications which have been seized under the Defence of the Realm Regulations. Proceedings have been taken in respect of several of the publications seized, but they have been taken under the Defence of the Realm Regula- tions, and not under the law relating to seditious or criminal libel In reply to the last part of the question, I am unable to give any general undertaking as to the procedure which will be adopted in case of further seizures being made.