Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-01
GIRL ) IN BRITAIN Il
PREMIER ASQUiTH AND CABINET
$E MAY RESIGN AS RESULT .
--. oFHoME RULE.
SECRETARY Of WAR QUITS
Terms Of "HelIish Inslnuation," Is OBJ
jected to and Lord Of Admiralty 10
-. Forced to Withdraw it-Seely
.st, Assumes Responsibility. h

London, March 27.-Premier A.
Quith is to resign. The cabinet Is to
be reformed with Lloyd-George. pres
ent chancellor of the excheQuer, at Its
head, with the other members Of the
cabinet radical Liberals. as %%
General elections are to be held
within a few weeks, which would spell
the defeat of the home rule bill.
These are the predictions after q
day which will make history in Great
Britain. e.
Asquith's cabinet was shaken by the
official resignation Of Col. John Ed
ward Bernard Seely, minister OF war.
Premier Asquith's cabinet was
shaken by the resignation Of Col John
Edward Bernard Seely. secretary Of
war. The resignation was officially
announced on Wednesday. The head
Of the war department gave up his
post because Of interference with his
plans for mobilizing the army to crush
the Ulster volunteers, organized to
fight home, rule. Premier Asquith r.
fused to accept the resignation.
Winston Spencer Churchill, nrst
lord Of the admiralty, and one OF
the chief advocates Of an aggressive
policy against the people Of Ulster,
was made the target for an attack by
the Unionists shortly after the house
Of commons convened. He was bonn
barded with questions as to the attt.
tude of the government toward Ulster
and replied calmly until asked wheth-'
or he had hoped that the precautions
taken to guard the government stores
in Ulster would cause fighting. T;
Leaping to his feet the head of the
British navy shouted:
Perhaps may be allowed to re-
pudiate that hellish insinuation."
A prolonged uproar followed, the
Unionists demanding that Churchill
withdraw the expression "hellish In
situations" and the Liberals shouting:
4 mo! No! He's right! 55f5
Speaker Lowther finally ruled that
Churchill would have to withdraw the
expression and he complied amid .
deafening din Of shrieks and Kisses. I,
Colonel Seely made a fiat deaial
that King George had taken any
initiative in the dispute involving the
refusal OF Ulster officers to march
against their countrymen. He elab-
Grated details OF correspondence re-
&lating to the Ulster matter which the
government had made public earlier
in the day and then made the formal
announcement that he had rendered
his resignation. u.
Pandemonium followed Seely's an.
nouncement. Ex-Premier A. ]. Bal.
four. a Unionist, shouted to Premier
Asquith: Il. u 8s.i 81 &.
Els this statement true?" s1
The premier answered: Colonel
seely is still q member Of the cabi.
net" :5'$ ID fix
Colonel seely has had a distin-
guished career both In the field Of
statesmanship and on the field $of 40
ton. :.j.,y IN III It'll a. 81,
Colonel Seely made Q long state,
ment in his own behalf. II 31 W
Unfortunately the officers who re-
signed were laboring under a misap-
prehenesion," said the oflcial. They
got the impression that the govern
ment intended to treat Ulster as an
enemy and overwhelm her In sur.
prise attack. but this Is utterly I'M.
true" II & M \
Colonel Seely took all responsible
ity for the military blunder upon him-
self. saying: ...@ 5t 4; 4. n 's,5$
8"I personally informed General
Cough in an interview that the gov
eminent had no intention of firing
upon the Ulstertnen. General Cough
thought It would be better to have
this information In writing in case
there might be misunderstanding. L
considered this desirable course as
q situation OF great peril to the army,
had arisen. No blame attaches to
Field Marshal French, nor to the army
council. Tho whole blame rests upon
myself have asked the premier to-
accept my resignation i rs f'.
N Former Premier. Balfour arose at
this point and addressed the war sec
Rotary as follows: 81 n
! .fSir, I extend the heartiest sym
patty to you, who, some have sup
posed. is no longer an officer Of the
crown" 81 q. 5a VIA 4
But he is still q member Of the
crowns cabinet" cried Premier As;
Quith. amid q terrific demonstration.
Colonel Seely again took the floor
and again assured the members Of
commons that he was responsible for
any mistake that had been made.
Colonel Seely got tremendous