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TYRONE DONGEAL BORDER AN IMPENDING BATTLE REFUGEES IN ENGLAND. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association). LONDON, May 9. (Received May 10, 8.30 pjn.) Grave reports are current of an impending big battle on the Tyrone-Donegal border, where considerable forces of Ulster police and the Irish Rebublican Army, armed with machine guns, face each other. Replying to a deputation of members of the House of Commons interested in the Irish refugees, Mr Chamberlain said the Government had considered the matter, but could not do anything to encourage a general exodus from Ireland. Nevertheless he had been impressed by the evidence, and thought there was pressing need for help in some cases until the refugees were able to return to their homes. The Government wai accordingly appointing a committee unca? Sir Samuel Horace to deal with such cases.
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Southland Times, Issue 19512, 11 May 1922, Page 5
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139IRELAND Southland Times, Issue 19512, 11 May 1922, Page 5
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