The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-25
new CRISIS IN
Great BRITAIN
Correspondence, Dealing With
the Situation, Made Pub
lie in Parliament.
SENSATION Is
CAUSED IN NATION
Declared That Officers Hnd Been As.
SurGsl ItcinstatcMcnt-Dec
that "llstcr Mould hc in ITlan,csps
by Commander apparently Proven.
SI:lILN. RESIGNS.


London. I.ng.. Marci. .5.-Sce-
" resigned his I,ortfolio rs scsrr.
tary Of state for war in the Brit
isI cabiGct. after personally ap.
pcar'ng before tho l,ousc of COM
MoUs. making n speech, in ex.
PLANTATION Of I ls,cr affairs.
The house OF commons buzzed in
excitement and was crowded to ut
most capacity when Lord Charles
Beresford opened the attack on the
government by demanding informa-
tion as to the naval movements in
connection with the Ulster situation.
WAS the battle squadron ordered
4" steam at full speed from Spanish
waters to the Irish coast and ordered
to embark field guns?" he asked.
Amid ministerial cheers and de-
risive laughter from the unionists.
Winston Churchill. first lord of ad-
miralty. admitted the battle squadron
had been ordered to Lamlash so as
to be in close proximity to the coast
of Ireland in case of serious disturb
ances.
when it was clear that the mill.
tary precautions had been carried out
without opposition. it was decided
that this movement of the feet could
wv utidAeu ultIl IIle EASIER leave
period of the crews was over" said
Churchill
This statement of the first lord was
Immediately followed by a cyclone OF
questions. A untonist member asked
II Churchill expected that this pre-
cautionary movement OF troops would
lead to fighting"
hcllish suggestion" he shouted above
the uproar of the big chamber. es.,
r. When the nproar had partially sub
sided the speaker reprimanded Lord
Churchill. saying such an expression
should not have been used.
Churchill rcgretfully withdrew il,
and the storm abated for time.
Resignation Not Accepted.
Premier Asauith refused to accept
Seely's resignation After the sym
pathetic reception by the house Of
conmons of Seelys explanation of his
action regarding the army officers in
ireland. the premier decided he would
not sacrifice his lieutenant
London. March 25.-After a pro-
trarted cabinet council. the rufnor was
started that the entire ministry had
decided to resign. Other reports cur
rent are that Colonel Seely. war Sec
rotary. and Winston Spencer Church.
Ill. first lord of admiralty, had hand
ed in their designations to Premier
Asquith.
Mmtiny Again Aired.
The mutiny of section of the Off
GERS of the British regular army in Ire
land, when they believed they were
to be ordered to fight Ulster men, was
again before parliament.
Correspondence between the war Of
flee and army officers in Ireland,
which led to the recent wholesale res
lsnations and reinstatement. We're
made public in the shape OF "white
paper" or official communication to
the houses Of parliament.
Early knowledge of Possibilities.
1t can be seen from this correspon-
dence that the state Office was aware
early in December of the possibility
of the designations Of officers in case
the Ulster situation came TO a crisis
In consequence of this information,
Colonel John Seely, war secretary, in
terriewed the general officers in COM
mand. and explained to them that the
officers of the British army were COM
PEELED to obey orders to shoot "onIy
In case the order was a reasonable
Expected to Use Reason.
The war secretary told them that
no one from general down to a pri-
N'1'" - eNpeSIeu " use more IOFC0
than is required to maintain order.
safety OF life and property. The di-
gest of highly important letters, tele-
grams. and code messages between the
war Office and Irish military headquar-
ters on the subject of Ulster for the
last six months, occupied many COL
unlns in all newspapers. and created
a sensation which promises TO become
the biggest Of many years in the af.
fairs OF the British empire.
Guaranteed Not to Use Army.
Tersely summarized, the documents