South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-24
ASQUITH FORCED
TO TELL ORDERS
GIVEN SOLDIERS

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stOn Churchill are also coming in for
a good share of censure
1t would be difficult to eXagSerate
the difficulties of the cabinet in Mon
days crisis. At the same time il is
impossible to applaud the way they
handled the situation so far as their
resistance to the Tories and the house
of commons, also the matter of
designations of ornamental cavalry Of
ficers, are concerned. This ought to
have been expected a long way ahead
and accordingly discounted.
What was not anticipated was the
social influence likely to be invoked
with accompanying obstacles.
Although developments in the doc
trine of cabinet responsibility" dur
ing the last three centuries supposed
in such a crisis as this, yet the fact
that King George last Saturday re-
ceived Lord Roberts who only last
Feb. 2 stated in the house Of lord,
1T is unthinkable that the British
army should be called upon to fight
the Ulster volunteers" presumably for
the purpose of asking Roberts ad-
vice. was the gTavest blow the pres
ent cabinet has received Had As
Qullu ldhtn Il OA5 MANU- anu III
sisted that the king confine himself
TO his constitutional advisers, it is be-
lieved that the trouble OF the last
three days never would have arisen.
But nevertheless much as the cabinet
is criticized the fact remains that
they have won and in the words of
War Minister Seeley, in the house Of
commons Monday:
Officers Ordered Back.
dered to rejoin their units: while
Lord Morley in the house of lords,
announced His majesty approves of
these officers being ordered To rejoin.'
Lord Chancellor Haldane added:
They must rejoin Internationally"
According to radical members of
parliament Monday "Asquith has won
with every unit with reaction against
him"
At the same time in the eyes of
the home rulers the victory is to-
tally unsatisfying, being in many
ways worse than defeat. None be-
lieve the governments story that Gen.
Paget exceeded his instructions in the
ultimatum he issued to the officers
under his command. AS matter OF
fact yd-GeOrge's speech of Satur-
day exactly bore out PagetS words TO
his subordinates and 1t IS considered
play that the cabinet gained its
victory at the expense of Paget's in
tegrity.
The opinion of all nationalist and
all liberals Monday is that the most
honest course would have been 10
allow Gen. John Cough, with his
brother, Hubert. accompanied by
their fellow sciOns of aristocracy VINO
| hold commands in the army. TO re-
sign forthwith, while drastic course
was pursued. Instead of this there
is not the slightest doubt that an un-
foreground deal was put through
| Monday with the COnnivanCe of the
king and the archbishop OF Canter-
| bury The end will be that fresh
concession will be given 10 Ulster and
the faces of the recalcitrants saved
| probably by allowing the Orangemen
at the end of six years 10 vote again
as 10 whether they wish 10 enter the
Dublin parliament. on one hand
| Carson keeps his Ulster volunteers in
| check while the government on the
contrary overlOoks the defiance OF its
officers and makes no further move
to land troops at Belfast.
Defend Government.
Liberals Monday night vigorously
defend the attitude OF the govern
ment on the ground that it met with
such opposition both from royalty
and landed arlStocracy as never was
known before in the history OF Great
| Britain. But If il stood the test this
was due almost entirely to the iron
! Will OF John Redmond and his fol
; lowers and the only commentary is
| that the efforts OF Irish sympath!zers
/ both in Ireland and America is need
/ ed more during the next few weeks
| than 4 was ever needed before 20
| defeat the insidious influences, WELD
I ed in high places. which now threat
I ems home rule.
The great need OF the present ad-
! miniStration is to be made con-
! scious that they have at least 70 pei
cent OF both the British army and the
/ nation behind them. The limit OF
| army disaUection has already been
| reached and could have been calcu-
/ late ! accurately two years ago.
! Roosevelt returns from south Amer