And I want to say something further.

They never gave me any information, bad or good, about the state of the country.

From first to last I never saw one single confidential Government report from the police or from any other source.

I know nothing whatever about their secret confidential information." It is fair to add that the Under-Secretary was in communication from time to time with other members of the party, who were of course in touch with Redmond.

But the substantial accuracy of Redmond's statement is sufficiently evidenced by one fact.