§ MR. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether facilities will be given to contingents attending the Nationalist demonstration at Moy, county Tyrone, on 15th August to proceed by the road leading from Trew and Moy Station.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI am informed by the authorities locally responsible that a Nationalist procession through the district in question, which is almost exclusively Orange, would be calculated to endanger the preservation of the peace and would, in all probability, lead to rioting and serious disturbance. Such processions have always hitherto proceeded by the route from Dungannon and Annaghmore, and the Government is unable to entertain any arrangement which contemplates a departure from the route which has been safely followed in former years.
§ MR. MACVEAGHHow did the local authorities arrive at the conclusion that this is an Orange district in view of the fact that there are only two Orangemen in the whole neighbourhood. Why is not the procession to be allowed to take this route?
§ * MR. SPEAKEROrder, order ! That Question has been answered.