§ MR. LIDDELL (Down, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that on Saturday, 17th February, at Donemana, North Tyrone, two prominent Orangemen, named Robert Forbes and Thomas Spence, were attacked in the street by a band of Nationalists, and so badly beaten that Forbes is still confined to his bed by his injuries, and Spence is suffering from a severe wound in the face; whether the police have made any arrests in connection with this assault, and what steps are being taken to protect the people of this district from such attacks.
1277 (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I am informed that the two men named received injuries in a Party quarrel on the date in question. The injured men have expressed the intention of prosecuting their alleged assailants, whom they know. The police have made no arrests, the necessity for that step not having arisen. Two extra policemen have been sent to this village in consequence of assaults and window-breaking by both parties.