1 LORD CHANCELLOR'S SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Four Courts, Dublin, 13th day of March 1916 Sir, I am directed by the Lord Chancellor to inform you that his
attention has been called to certain remarks reported in the Cork
local Press of the 26th and 29th February last to have been made by
you in public as follows:- 'As long as we are bound with this
'accursed Empire, so long would they be on the edge of starvation'
and that on 28th February when adjudicating as a Justice of the
Peace in Cork and your attention having been drawn to the use by
you of these words, you took full responsibility for them. The use of language such as this coupled with the apparent
deliberate non - disavowal of it by you when acting in Court as a
magistrate would constitute conduct quite inconsistent with your
position as holding His Majesty's commission of the Peace. The Lord Chancellor desires to know without delay if you have
any explanation to offer. I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant, G. H .
Jeremiah Lane, Esq. J. P. 9 South Main St. Cork.