The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-26

Col Seely said. explained to him that
they had no idea they were only going
to be asked to support the civil power
In case OF disorder. and that now they
saw the situation In its true light Gen.
Cough was ready to go to Belfast.
Gen. Paget said Col. Seely. had been
misquoted by Andrew Bonar Law when
The latter reported Gen. Paget as saying
Ulster will be In blaze by Saturday"
What Gen. Paget really said was. There
may be blaze and certainly will be a
blaze in the press"
Cabinet Inadvertently Misled.
Col Seely said that he had inadver-
tentiy misled the Cabinet by adding two
paragraphs to a reply to Gen. Cough
printed in the White Paper.
THE blame rests on me alone" he said
Il added to the Cabinet document not
knowing IL to be final. II had been
present At the Cabinet meeting il would
not have happened Field Marshal Sir
John French and Gen. Paget are blame
less In this matter. am Eravely 10
blame. but have acted honestly and with
every desire to be honest to my col
leagues"
After hearing Col. Seelys explanation
and Premier Asquith's statement ex-
Premier Balfour. Unionist, said that Col
seeiy had properly resigned and properly
had been taken back. "Col Seely." said
Mr.. Bslfour. has told the country the
truth In words which will be taken by
the army AZ its charter and which makes
the project of forcing home rule on
Ulster hopeless and impossible"
The Government. Mr.. Balfour said, had
been trying to compel Ulster to take tho
offensive and had failed. He agreed with
Mr.. Asquith that the army should be
able to help the civil authorities in sup
pressing anarchy and mob rule. but no
such condition prevailed in Ulster He
said that listers provocation was greater
than that OF the American Colonies when
they started the war for Independence.
lie ridiculed the contention OF mis-
understanding between the War Office
and the officers in ireland.
The Government. he said, apparently
was ny force going To compel this homo
geneous population Of the north o. Ire
land
NO, no." interjeoted MIR. Asquith
Mr.. Balfour then asked. Are you not
Sums W pass Tue pih 4 10 Premier ulu
not reply
In the House OF Lords last night VS.
count Morley spoke definitely Of Premier
AsQuith's reputation of the pledge given
To brighten Cough, saying that the Gov
eminent had decided that that part of the
written statement was TO be regarded as
imperative. Lord Morley admitted that
he had taken part In framing the pledge.
The white paper, or official communi-
cation to Parliament made public yes
terday gives the correspondence between
tho War Office and the army officers
bearing on the recent designations and
reinstatements due to the trouble in w
ster.
As long ago az December last, accord.
ing to the documents, tho possibility OF
designations was considered by the War
office and Col, Seely. Secretary for War.
told tho general officers in command that
an officer need obey orders to shoot only
II tho order was reasonable under the
circumstances, He says:
'If officers and men OF the British army
have been led to believe that there Ia a
possibility that they might be called upon
to take outrageous action. for instance IN
massacre demonstrating Orangemen who
were causing no danger to tho lives of
their neiKhbors. bad as were tho effects
on discipline In the army. nevertheless n
was true that they wcro In fact and In
law justified In refusal to obey"
But he said there WAS no intention Of
issuing such orders The only possibility
being considered was that troops mi9ht
be needed to support the civil power I'm
protecting lives and property.