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Show RIVAL FORCES MAKE ULSTER I j BORDER RESEMBLE BATTLELINE LONDON, March 20.- (By the Associated As-sociated Press.) The border lino of l ister Is described as "like a battle-front' battle-front' by the Evening New V Belfast correspondent, who sayn rival forces of the Republican army and of Ulster Ul-ster apecla constables were actually within rifle r?inge and continually firing at each other during the WSek-end. WSek-end. The combatants were too well concealed con-cealed for serious losses to bo Inflicted In-flicted and the change of fire waa ! mainly intended to prevent the ipri rising Of surprise attacks. The rival armies, continues the cosrespondent, arc gradual!) creeping closer and the first collision is e-pected e-pected to occur on the frontier near Caledonia. County Tvioiie. ULSTER BLASTS BRID4 I The sound of the blowing up of the bridges on the I'lster border during dur-ing the week end could I" heard r , 1 1 away," adds the dispatch. "The northern forces were mainly responsible, respon-sible, and aa the result of their activities ac-tivities every Important bridge leading lead-ing from the Free state has been de-l.mollshed, de-l.mollshed, shllo hundreds of rpAda I have been trenched and closeo with trees. The tension is already beginning J to affect the Inhabitant! behind ihc battle line. Th. Unionists along the j frontier are mUch pertifrbed over the menace of Invasion and h.ne inked that more protection bS afforded them Many clns tr the battle rone, which Is no man's land, h ive had to evacuate their houses, which immediately imme-diately have been occupied by the ! lighting forces." - BELFAST. March 2ft. Gunmen were again active in Belfast today, A number of carters proceeding to work 1 wi re stopped by a man who pointed a revolver at them aod ordered them back, in the ensuing altercation one carter was wounded. An ashman employed h the city' was wounded In t lie Jaw while work-I ing in the Ballymacarrett section. The police barracks a'. Magnora, I County Londonderry, were captured' during the night. A "B" Special constable waa shot ! d id ;it Tobermore, near Magnera, I by raiders engaged in muting wires I and obstructing the road. The garrison at the Magnera har- racks consisted of thne members of I the regular police force and fightll pedals, who were surprised by an I armed force Previous to the attack tho roads had been blocked with tn e trenches had been cut and a bridge destroyed, Telegraph communication alSO was Interrupted The raiders ob- I talned 1 4 i Ifb s mm ts ; LLcro ed pajiadi MELBOURNE, Mar. h 20. The police po-lice have taken the, names of 26 lead: ers and organizers of last Friday's proces: Ion In celebration of St. Patrick's Pat-rick's lJay. which was carried out in! defiance of the city council order. The names Included those ot Archbishop Arch-bishop Mannix, two members f parliament par-liament and several City councillors. ' Archbishop Mannix in his sp. , , n at the celebration said h was (lad there were people In Ireland who1 were protesting against the Anglo-Irish Anglo-Irish treaty, which h declared Waa not a final settlement of tho Irish question. |
