The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-23

Omcers 20 Re Retnstated.
In reference to the military officers the
Premier said there was n widespread i'm
preston that the Government contem-
plated insttuting general inauisition
| into the intentions OF officers in the event
of their being asked to take up arms
against Ulster No such action is in
| tended II only FOR the reason that the en-
ployment OF troops against Ulster is a
contingency which the Government hopes
may never arts.
Premier Asquith declined to make any
| precise statement as TO Brig Gen. Cough
| and the other officers who have resigned
| but II was gathered that the Ministerial
| view Is that there has been an honest
misunderstanding in regard To the nature
Of the duties they would be asked to
perform.
The Government had hitherto heard only
one side OF the question and was await
| Ing the arrival of Lieut.-C;en Sir Arthur
Paget. the commander of the forces in
Ireland In London. who was expected
to-day Monday. Meanwhile the OFF,
| cial version was that the matter had
Cough and his subordinates were errone-
ously given the impression that ii was
intended 10 move them against Ulster
! Immediately.
The Times infers from the Premier's
talk that 1t IS intended to reinstate the
officers Immediately and attribute the
whole business 20 a bluuder
The Times. which is the nearest ap-
proach to "A non-partisan paper here and
whose comments on the Irish question
have beer frequently impartial. severely
trounces the Government for making I'M
pardonabe mistakes at the very time
they claimed to be seeking a settlcmen;
/ OF the trouble. II says:
] Never In the whole course OF history
{ has there been SO mischlevous series
/ OF blunders, never mas d delicate issue
been 40 stupidity bungfed and mlshandled"
BIames ChurchilI for Trouble.
The Times regards the initiation of the
| trouble with Winston Churchiirs wan
tonly reckless" speech a; Bradford. 1t
says this was 'wufully provocative"
invitation TO 'go forward and put these
grave matters to proof which aroused
immediate excitement In Ulster, where II
was read as declaration OF war. Then
came John Redmond's speech at the st.
Patrick's day banquet in which he de-
| clared that force will be met By force"
and subsequently the movement Of the
troops TO Ulster and Leut.-Gen Paret's
ultimatum to his officers.
| While the echoes of these things were
reverberating. the Times says. Chancellor
OF the Exchequer Lloyd George made a
most maladroit speech on Saturday night.
which can only be described as the speech
of an incendiary. who was eager to pour
oil on the flames. This speech seemed to
exhaust vituperation in an effort to in
flame the situation The Times concludes /:
Did ever the history Of the British
| nation show such a week OF Minlst, rial
madness? Can II be wondered that Ulster
! and the whole country thought and be-
lieved and still thinks and believes that
the Ministry desires to goad the slgners
! OF the Ulster covenant into an outbreak ?
The whole position has reached n pass at
| which final settlement must he reached
without further delay, There is no time
to lose"
Omcers Return From Ireland.
Brig,-Gen. Cough. Col Hogg OF the
Fourth Hussars. Col. Parker OF the Fifth
Lancers and Col. MacEwen of the Six
teenth Lancers arrived from Dublin in the
morning and gave their reports conn.
dentially at the War Office. 1t was In the
Fourth Husars that Winston Churchill
served when he was in the army and
Col Hogg, who is personal friend was