IRISH FRONTIER FIGHTING.
Pro THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—On March 22nd, Mr. Winston Churchill summarized for the information of the House of Commons a telegram from the Southern Irish Government, which alleged that "there is a tense situation in Caledon due to firing into County Monaghan.
. . The Catholic families in the district of Caledon have received threatening notices, and have had to flee to Monaghan for protection, and directly they had gone their houses were burnt." Mr. Churchill " took no responsibility " for the accuracy of this statement, but it may, perhaps, interest some of your readers to hear what actually happened. The houses of two Protestant families in Glaslough (Co. Monaghan) were commandeered by the I.R.A., and the evicted occupants sought shelter in Caledon (Co. Tyrone). The Caledon Protestants retorted by seizing two Roman Catholic houses, removed the furniture, and dumped it on the Monaghan- Tyrone border. Neat day the Commandant of the Tyrone County Constabulary visited Caledon, and caused the evicted Roman Catholics to be reinstated and their furniture brought back to their houses. No Roman Catholic houses were burnt in Caledon.—I am, Sir, &c., ULSTER BOR.DERER. P.S.—I have just heard, as I write, of the death of a Caledon Protestant who, while feeding his cow, was struck by a bullet from across the Monaghan border.
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