WAR AR SECRETARY FOR ENGLAND RESIGNS POST Seely Steps Step Out and ana Rumor Has It Cabinet Cabin t May R Resign Re sign sian in iD Home in-Home H Home me Rule Rul Muddle BULLETIN LONDON LONDON- March Much 25 25 Ool John Seely today resigned his portfolio as aa secretary or of state te for tor war in the the British Brit British ish cabinet A Another other report was cu current ent that Winston Winston Win Win- ston Spencer Churchill first lord of ot the admiralty hand handed hI his bis resignation to toi Premier Asquith No Ao confirmation of or the tho report w was obtainable After a a Pt protracted trac cJ q cabinet council this morning the rumor or w was started that the entire ministry had decided to tore re re- sign I BULLETIN LONDON March 25 Premier Asquith As As- refused today to accept Colonel Seely's Scaly's resignation After Arter the sympathetic reception by bJ Uio house of or commons on ons of ot the Ithe wars war's a explanation of r his hll ct action n the 4 lUJ-i lUJ d l ed oss f l W 7 l LOND LONDON LONDO jl larch h lh r. r sigh tion hon of Colo Colonel cl Seely followed q q quick after the publication today of the tho tho dc de f fails of the crisis in the British arl array army Y whoso whose officers re refused reused used to participate iu active operations against the tc inhabit inhabitants inhabitants ants of Ulster who had prep prepared red to offer armed resistance to the introduction uc- uc ti thin tion n of home of-home homo home rule Colonel Seely in his hie valedictory address ad ad- dress to the houft houmA A ct t f commons denied deniec that King taken an any anin initiative initiative in in- 01 ox any l kind in the tho army crisis isis He said Tho The suggestion is absolutely without without without with with- out foundation in the broadest sense enso His majesty took no initiative of an any kind i Tho The correspondence between Colonel Seely s arid and d the officers in Ireland had bad astounded the country nn and in the opinion ion of seasoned politicians one of two courses the courses tho cashiering of ol the secretary t ry for forar war ar or the resignation of the entire cabinet The first course was decided on at a protracted cabinet council early this mornin morning Later in inthe tho the day in the house of commons Premier Pre mier Asquith in reply to a question made it clear that instructions giver given to Gen Oen Sir Padget before his interview with the officer under him had emanated emanated emana emana- ted directly from the tho war office and were not submitted to the prime minister minister minis minis- ter by the tho secretary of war var Commons In Uproar The house of commons buzzed with excitement and was crowded to its utmost capacity when Lord Charles Beresford opened the tho attack on tho the government by h demanding information as at t l to the na naval nl movements in connection connection ti tion n with the situation in Ulster 1 IC Was Vas the battlo battle squadron ordered to steam at full speed from Spanish Waters waters waters wa wa- to tol toI h Irish coast coat and ordered to field guns I he bo asked Amid ministerial cheers and derisive laughter from Crom the Unionists Winston Spencer r Churchill first lord Jord of ot tho the n admiralty admiralty ad ad- mirt lt a admitted that the thc battle squadron had been ordered to so 80 as as- asto tl to bo lio in proximity to the coast ot eland in raso rase of s serious rious disturb disturbances an a ances eS d arising When it v was 35 s clear that the military precautionary movements mo had hael been carr carried cd out wit without lout opposition tion it was de decided that tIns this movement of tho the ll fleet et could be bo delayed un until un il the Easter leave period of the crews wa was wae over Churchill LOS Loses 8 Temper Tho The 8 statement was immediately followed followed fol fol- lowed loed b by a cyclone of of questions A Unionist member asked cd if Mr MT Ir Churchill expected that this precautionary movement of troops would lead head to ipg In ln a moment tho the first lord tord flared three up I repudiate tho the hellish suggestion h he shouted When the tho consequent nt uproar had bad subsided the speaker reprimanded Mr Churchill Churchil in saving paying that such an cx ex expression sion should not have havo been t used cd The first lord regretfully withdrew vt it and nd the he storm torm passed passe oft as t quickly as it bad arisen Documents made public today toila disclose dis close dose officially the tho tact fact that the government jo gave in in Ireland a guarantee that it would pot not use tho the I army to to crush cruh Ulster's political opposition Ion tion to tho the home homo rule nIle bill The rhe correspondence points out that the government Jo retains retain its right to tD use the thc army to maintain law and order It also omits ornIt the tho verbal communication made mado by Arthur Padget et to the tho officers officer at tho the Curragh camp which led lcd to their resignations and which the government argues was the result of ot n R The version of ot General Padget's Pad pets pet's com com- Con pago 7 I WAR SECRETARY Continued from page pago 0 I 1 read by Andrew Bonar Law leader of the opposition in the House of Commons Monday 1 seems to be bo substantially correct Mr lIr Law on that occasion rea read a letter in which General Padget stated that active operations were to be begin in against Ulster and that it was as expected the country would be in Jn blaze 4 by bv v i J JAllen Allen Officers to Disappear The Irish in Commander wrote t that hat he was in close clos communication with the war office and had received instructions in in- s from front headquarters to notify his officers that those of them domiciled domicile i in n Ulster would be he allowed to disa pear and be afterward reinstated reinstate They must however I give lve their word of honor not io to fi fight ht for Ulster The war office was Informed early in December of the possibility ty of or or of officers in case tho the Ulster situa t ion tion came to a a. crisis In consequence of or t this his information Col T John h. h secre secre- t tary lary for tor war t interviewed tho the general of of- f leers in command and explained to them t that hat an om officer r of the British army was c compelled to obey orders to shoot only i in n case the order was a reasonable one under the circumstances No More Force Than Required The secretary of war told them that no one from a general down doun to a a vate to was as expected to use ilSO more moro force torce than was required to maintain order and tho the Meet safety of or life lite and prope property General Padget telegraphed 1 to the war office on March 20 that thai all the officers of or tho the Fifth Royal Irish Lancers stationed sta sta- t In Dublin had with the exception of or two Ho lie said he lie feared that the same conditions prevailed pre among amonI the officers of or the tho Sixteenth Queens Queen's Lancers stationed at the Curra Curragh h. h Officers ors Ask Dismissal That evening e General Padget tele teio- graphed to the tho thear war ar office that the brigadIer brig brig- adier adler general an and 1 seven fifty cven officers of f the Third cavalry brigade e. e at tho the Curragh Cur- Cur fash prefer to accept d l if It they arc are ord ordered red to the north The war office replied to Pod Padgett Padget et you are authorized to suspend from duty duh from any senior officers who have havo tendered their resignations or in n any manner have hac disputed your authority Tho The ro resignations of nil all officers should ref refused be Relief Commanders Sent The Tho war office also said that other officers were being sent to relieve BrIg BrIg- Gen Hubert Gou Cough h. h commander of or the Third cavalry ca brigade and the In lag ing office officers s of or tho Fifth rth and command tho the SIxteenth Sixteenth Six SIx- Lancers who were order ordered to London to pro pro- Brigadier General Gou Cough Gough h. h in the feeling of oe his brigade as the reporting result of ot a communication from the war wal conveyed con to him office verbally b by General got get said pad lad The Tho officers of or my brigade In the are aro unanImous unan unan- opinion that further Information in In- In forma formation lion Is Js I essential before boror the they should bo be called on at such Much short notice to make decisions 50 so vitally affecting their whole future and especially that a clear definition should bo be given shen of tho thu dut duty as ordered an and 1 active o terms in iii Ulster operations operations' I 57 Prefer to Resign If It such dut duty consists of or the nance anco of oC order and crt erty all the officers preservation Including of myself prop prop- are prepared d to carry out that duty T however ho the tho dut duty Involves the thu If It ot of o m military to 11 against UJ- UJ ster r. r seven fifty en e would respect respect- tully fully and under protest sign prefer to re- re After an nn Interview w with offIce Brigadier adler Gen Genera ml Cough Gough wrote Colonel to tot tho ho See war One of oC the tho first asked aked our officers vIii be by a lii In the event cent Of the ruto rule bill ff law can present We be home called on to enforce It C on Ulster MM ot of maIntaInIng maIntaInIng- law Jaw under the expression ex- ex This point should be order mace quite clear Otherwise thero m will be e renewed ren Refers Reters to Misunderstanding II In r reply ply Brigadier General G C lv d letter Cough ref received re- re f a initialed by Seely an and 1 by Field l Sir John French him to an aU au- au Inform the officers officers' The Tho arm army council Is l that the I Incident which has arisen arJen In regard to their resignations was dUo to Ii a The Tho letter continues that It Is the 1 dut duty of soldiers to obey f tor or the protection of life Ute and property an and 1 In support of ot the civil chU rOWer power i in I the event ent I of ot disturbances and tho army council Is 18 a I glad there never has been nn and 1 never will win It H be C any continues Question ot of f disobeying 1 such ch order orders I The gp government must retain Its t. t right to use all the tha forces of or the cro erow rown n j in Ireland Iro- Iro I land or c elsewhere to maintain order and I support ti tho civil chon t Dower O er in the ordinary execution n of or their dut duty but It has in no nn in In- In t to er of taking UK Advantage nd of or I thin right a nl ord order r to erLish political position to the or the principles OPposition OP OP- I ot of the tue homo home rule rulo bill blU