asked the President whether in view of statements which have recently appeared in the public Press he will ask the British Government to submit the alleged Casement Diary, if still in existence, to joint examination by a representative of the Government of the Irish Free State and a representative of the British Government and to publish their report as to its authenticity, and, if spurious, as to the possibility of an honest mistake by those who made use of it.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Alleged Casement Diary.
No, Sir. Roger Casement's reputation is safe in the affections of the Irish people, the only people whose opinions mattered to him.
In that case, will the President endeavour to dissuade the editorial officials of a certain newspaper, of which he is a director, from continuing their mischievous agitation and will he point out to them——
That is a separate question.