§ MR. FLYNNI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state whether any command or order to charge with batons and rifles was given to the police at the railway station, Cork, upon the occasion on which the honourable Member for North Monaghan was assaulted, and severely injured; and, if so, who gave the order to charge?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe Constabulary Authorities report that the order given was to draw batons and prepare to charge. The Head Constable, who was in command of the police party, was knocked down by the mob, whereupon the police dispersed them with their batons. There was no rifle charge.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe only order given was to draw batons and prepare to charge. That order was given by the Head Constable.