§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that on 21st August last, a number of Transvaal refugees, including many women, young children, and girls, on their way to Holland had to wait a few hours in Liverpool Street Station, and were the subject of a hostile demonstration from a mob from whose violence they were only secured by police protection; and whether he will consider what steps should be taken to protect Boer refugee 1307 women and children from violence and insult at the hands of English people.
§ *THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. RITCHIE, Croydon)No, Sir; my information is that there was no such occurrence on the date mentioned. As regards all other occasions when refugees have been passing through London every possible precaution has been taken by the police to secure their proper treatment; and the arrangements made have, in my opinion, worked satisfactorily.