§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the attitude of persons at a meeting addressed by three Boer commandants at Cambridge last Monday evening; and will steps be taken to prevent the repetition of such scenes of disorder at future meetings of a similar character.
§ * THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (MR. AKERS DOUGLAS, Kent, St Augustine's)I have obtained reports on this matter
† See (4) Debates, lxxi, 53.1194 from the Cambridge police. The meeting; appears to have been orderly; but in the crowd outside the building some disorder occurred, hoots and cheers being mingled, and a few missiles were thrown on to the roof. The police had taken due precautions and, with the exception that a medical man was thrown down and slightly hurt in the excitement when the Speakers were leaving the building, no damage was done to person or property. No action on the part of the Government is called for; the matter is one for the local authorities: and the steps taken by the police appear to have been judicious and effective.