§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if several 1913W wanton and unprovoked outrages have been recently committed upon Catholics in the district of Upperlands, in county Londonderry; if His Excellency had these facts before him when he informed Mr. Patrick O'Kane, J.P., that it was not necessary to establish a police station there; and if the Irish police could not be more profitably employed in keeping order in county Londonderry than in arresting young girls for selling penny flags in other parts of Ireland?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI am aware of the breaches of the peace which have recently occurred at Upperlands in county Londonderry and of the request for the establishment of a police station there. All the facts were considered by the Irish Government which was advised that compliance with the request was not called for by the circumstances.