The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-24
home RULE BILL
DECLARED DEAD
Near Mutiny by Officers and
Soldiers Has Been
the Death
Blow.
ULSTER IS QUIET NOW
Compromise Suggested by King George
10 Believed to Have
Ended Tur-
moil.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
LONDON, March 24.-With the
Ulstermen and unionist press jubil-
ant and gloating over what they term
the governments forced bsckdown in
the army tangle growing out OF the
home rule fight and the liberal press
chagrined and dispirited, the belief
that 1t was King George who forced
the hand OF the ministers in placat-
ing the recalcitrant officers, was
growing today.
Absolute quiet having prevailed
throughout Ulster, the threatened dis
ruption of the army completely over
shadowed the tense situation result
ing from the movement OF troops in
Ireland The unionists take the view
that attempts of the government to
explain the misunderstanding of or
ders which brought on the resignation
of General Cough and other officers,
failed completely. Many papers hint
that King George caused the rein
statement Of the officers, which
action, they declared, had complete
ly blocked the cabinet.
The Manchester Guardian, an in.
fuential liberal paper, today de-
clares:
The soflicers should have been
TLeks Reinstatement
shows there is one law for the rich
and another for the poor one stand
ard for the loyalty OF tory officers and
another for privates with labor sym
pathizers. Acquiescence to this in
terpretation of military duty Is not
only serious blow to the army. but
false to the whole conception Of
democratic progress
The bullies are cowed now, is the
statement of the Daily Mail. "The
government, after panic conferences
held ever since the cavalry officers
at the curragh resigned, shuffled with
the facts in the debate in the house
Of commons yesterday. AS Mr.. Bal
four said, General Cough, who re-
signed because he would not fight
against Ulster, has been reinstated
though he still says he will not fight
against Ulster"
The Times declares the army "has
been saved from complete destruction
by the timely retreat of the govern
ment from a position which they
should never have assumed. The pa
per declared further that 1t under
stands General Cough resumed his
command with written assurances
that his brigade will nos be used in
Ulster in any attempt to force the
bill.
"The home rule bill is dead,' the
Daily Express declares.
The Daily Telegraph says: "The
of coercing Ulster has
been demonstrated at the first at
tempt The thing cannot be done with
British soldiers
ern ourselves or are governed by
General Cough" says the Daily News.
Though every officer in the British
army be dismissed, we will have no
mailed hand raised in menace against
orr parliament. We will make the
army democratic as we have made
parliament democratic
King Georges part In the handling
of the army crisis is not definitely
known, but as it was reported he
suggested to Premier Asquith the
which was offered Ulster,
it is also believed he insisted that
resigna tions Of officers be not ac-
cepted. The king is strong believ-
er in the power of compromise and Is
believed to have brought pressure to
bear upon the cabinet to give ground.
lieved the government has been check