HC Deb 06 March 1900 vol 80 c206
MR. WILLIAM REDMOND

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can state the cause and extent of the disturbances in Montreal recently between French and English Canadians.

MR. J. CHAMBERLAIN

These unfortunate riots appear to have been begun by students at McGill University on Tuesday last as a demonstration against the offices of French newspapers accused of anti-British feeling. Students of Laval University retaliated by pulling down the flag on the office of the Star, a British paper. Subsequently a mob took part in the rioting. A telegram received last night informs me that no further rioting has occurred.