§ 92. Mr. DONALDasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if his attention has been drawn to a raid made by armed Sinn Feiners on the British ship "Minna Horn" whilst discharging a cargo of grain at Cork; whether the first; officer, accompanied by his wife and child, were held up by armed men pointing revolvers at their heads on the ship's deck; if any arrests were made; and will he take steps to protect British seamen coming into. Cork and Dublin by putting armed blue jackets on board on these ships' arrival?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe facts are, unfortunately, substantially as stated in the question. The first officer, hearing a noise, came to the door of his berth, and saw standing at the end of the passage with a revolver in his hand a man, who called to him to stand back and shut the door. His wife and child remained in the berth, and were not held up or otherwise interfered with. No arrests have been made. The matter referred to in the last part of the question is one for my right hon. Friend the First Lord of the Admiralty.