STRIFE IN IRELAND

Evening Star, Issue 17925, 22 March 1922, Page 4

STRIFE IN IRELAND

AFFRAYS m THE BORDER. . INCENDIARY FIRES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 20. Tho tension is most serious near the Ulster border, There have been several affrays. Sinn Feiners seized thirty Ulster motor cars in County Donegal during the week-end and cent the drivers and owners home, tolling thorn not to come back. Armed- bands —members of tho Republican army—carried out a series of outrages in County Londonderry early oar Monday morning. They set fire to and destroyed extensive Hour-mills at Ballyarton, and also saw-mills, threshing mills, bams, and other buildings. The flree lit up the country for miles around. All tho properly, "which was valued at £40,000, belonged to members of the Ulster Constabulary. Several bridges were also blown up. Sinn Feiners ambushed Robert Mnllighan, an influential Orangeman, on the Monaghan frontier, and shot him dead. Constable Stccnson, who - was with Mullighan, was -seriously wounded.—A. and N.Z. Cable. SOUTHERN EXTREMISTS. LONDON, March 20. Extremists in tho South have alee been active. They kidnapped a number of prominent local supporters of tho treaty in Cork, and removed them to an. unknown destination. —A. and N.Z. Cable. BELFAST MURDERS. LONDON, March 20. Tho murder campaign in Belfast continues unchecked. Hills, an employee of tho corporation, was shot in tho face in Tcmplemove street, and died, in a few hours. Tho Sinn Feiners also made a murderous attack on three loyalist cartels. One was seriously wounded. Armed men, who broke into her house, murdered Mrs Murphy, a Protestant who was married to a Catholic, —A. .and,N.Z. Cable. BELFAST CARTERS.' A STRIKE ANNOUNCED. RISKS TOO GREAT, LONDON, March 21. (Received March 22, at 9.20 a.m.) The Belfast carters -have struck work as a protest against their insecurity owing to frequent shootings. Twenty-seven cmtciji liavo been shot and 147 injured during the disorders.—A. and N.Z. Cable.