The Detroit times., 1914-03-25

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tcsstasseA fsea rass essS
George. chancellor az the exchsqusr,
has taken steps toward retirement.
Premier AsQuith indicated that he
had chosen TO have the entire cabinet
stand or fall together In ths crisis.
when he announced late today that ne
would not accept Col ssely's rssigna-
tion.
Col. Seeiy heatedly declared sug.
gesticns that King George had inter
fered In any way In the situation.
growing out OF the refusal Of army
omcerS to serve In Ulster. were with
out the slightest foundation. Premier
AsQuith placed the blame for the en-
tire crisis on Seely and the war sec
rotary publicly accepted full respon.
ability.
Churchill admitted when questioned
that . squadron OF battleships had
been ordered to the Irish coast BE-
cause Of possible Disturbances. hut
was later recalled.
Tremendous cheering greeted the
statement Of Premier AsQuith that
the government would not submit to
the dictati0n Of army oflhcers.
The government would never 40.
sent to the of3cer's dictation a. ia
their duties" declared the premier.
This would put the government II
the mercy Of the army and navy"
Continuing Premier Asquith said:
The government has no apologtea
to make on account Of the natural
and perfectly proper steps taken for
the preservation Of order In ireland
and IN view Of the fact that Sir Ed.
ward Carson claims to have organ.
ICED and equipped 100000 men to 70.
sist home rule"
AsQuith did admit that there had
been discrepancies and misunder.
standings regarding the orders to
Gen. Sir Arthur Paget. The cabinet
however, he said, had not authorised
the last two paragraphs Of the coun'
lcil's statement regarding Gen. Cough
The chamber was then drawn into
an uproar when l.. 8. Amery asked
Churchill II he had not hoped that
his Precautionary measures would
lead to bloodshed"
II repudiate this hellish insinua.
tion," shouted Churchill. AZ he id,
vanced toward Amery.
Churchill was sternly rebuked for
what the speaker termed his I'm.
parliamentary language"
Members were on their feet, shah'
ipg their lists and rallying to the
support Of Amery or Churchill before
order WAS restored. He declared he
had inadvertently misled the cabinet
with honest intent by adding the
army instructions to the cabinet doc
ument without knowing Il was iinal.
The war minister In further *
planning the war once document
pleaded that he did not have Nom
oranda OF oral instructions which
were sent to Gen. Paget He declared
that In view Of attempts to subveri
discipline, Gen. Ewart had requested
that special steps be taken to insura
prompt obedience to orders. rhs
question Of oficers fesigning did mol
come up, he said. until the Cursagt
incident although II onlcers had
asked permission to qualify their cor
vices. This was refused. Gen
Cough and others were then sum
moned to London when they delibor
ately defied the orders Of Gen. pagot
| Asked to explain the statement o,
Gen. Paget last week that "Tho coun
try would be ablase by Saturday
Col. Seely said It meant the press
would 30 ablaxs. He went into a.
tail In explaining the dramatic con
ference with Gen. Cough and thu
other oGcers. The o6icers. he ssid
did not know that the only intention
Wa 70 support the civil authorities
and no explained there was no inten
ton Of ehooting down the Ulstermen
0eely added:
"Then Gen. Cough said: 'sincg
there has been Z misunderstandine
We had better have the true situation
In writing"
sssly said he agreed and drew ~
the statement which has only added
to the tenseness OF feeling between
the aristocratic and democratic TAO
tons In the kingdom.
An o6lcial report submitted to the
house Of commons today by Col
Il