The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-21
my Leased Wire TO Evening Herald.

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London. March "a The outstand-
Ing feature of thc news from ireland
TODAY was th, dlslrfcetion among the
officers ot the regular army under
orders Go proceed tn Ulster with tac.r
rcgiments
Tho actual number of rrsiEnation-
amung them was stlli prnulematiOal
but that 10 wdh considerable was cyi-
dent from me earnest early morning
computations Of cabinet ministers rec
garding tl,c best means OF Dountcrtct-
ing the movement
Tho actual fact of this dlsaffcctiun
Is the more discomfortlng 20 the mill
itagy authorities since the army is al
ready seriously short oi commissioned
officers.
Threats of "a crisis ina hc army 20
"a movement ct regular troops was un.
dcrtai<en against Ulster had long been
current and in some quarters 81 is be
ncVed that the sudden marching OF @
limited number fo troops was ordered
so that the military authorities might
gather an .lea ns to how widespread
the threatened 3isaffection was
Immediately after colonel seeiey
the secretary of state for war hao
been in audience with King George
at Buckingham palace this morning.
colonel Seoley sum mmuucd a meetlnb
or the army council which took the
necessary steps 90 replace officers who
had resigned
According 90 reports, however. the
number of vacancies is iaWdl, IN
croasiug and IL seems possible that
an the regular regiments which have
hcon serving iu Ulster may have Go be
Withdrawn uud replaced hy fresh
troops. ~ both men and officers have
openly expressed their disiuclination
to take the offensive against men
with whom they have been frutcrniz
ing.
This momeutary shifting of tho Inn
mediate crisis from llstrI 90 th'
army may give the peaccmakers their
desired opening
Tho return of Arthur j. Baliour.
former rninnist premier. tp London
has given heart 90 the advocates Of e
compromise. tie and Premier Asquth
have scrse ed long years side ni sid"
in the political neid and understand
and appreciate one another
Premier Asquith aud Andrew H"-
mar Law. the official leader of the OPP
position in the house ot commons
whenever they have come into CON
tact ave given cmhittcrcd displays OF
partisanship % was Thought in man,
quarters today that Dr. tbs govern
ment would consent to give the coun-
ties OF Ulster perpetual local option
on the question of home rule instead
of compcllng thom Co come under
the Dublin parliament at the end oi
six years. a way out of the present
difficulty would be- opened
The NauonliiTts aiways have con-
tended that the i'iFirr men would be
glad TO join the home ruir schcm"
once it had been demonstrated that
their fears of unfair treatment were
unfoundod
King Georse himself ,s taking an
active part in the negotiations. Tie
is not cnnnnlng his conference to
members of the cabinet hut hns been
In communication with Arthur 3 nai-
fous and gave an nudiencc to Field
Marshal Lord Roberts after he had
seen the secretary OF state for wnr
Lord Roberts subsequently con-
ferred at length with Colonel seoley
and the war office cNecutive star.
which has been working at high pres
sure.
liberalism will not finch one
inch before the arrogant ana lnsolcnt
plague ~ toryism WAS the MESSAGE
conveyed today by David LLOYD
George. chancellor of the eNChcquor,
to mass meetins of Liberals at Hud-
dersfield. The chancellor was talk
inE about Ulster and the attitude of
the Unionlsts lie said
The country is confronted with
the gravest issue In the history Of
Democratic government since the
DAYS of the stuaris. Representative
government In this land De- al stake.
/ ann here ON behalf of the govern
mcnt 10 say We mean 90 confront this
defiance of popular liberties with
Tosolute and unwnVcring determine
ton whatever the hazard may De.
We are not fighting about Ulster or
about home rule We are fighting for
an that h essential 10 the ciyil liberty
uf this land
An official communication issued
this afternoon says;
The recent movement oi troops In
lister are purely precautionary with
the object of giving adequate protec-
tion 20 deppts of arms and ammunl-