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Show PREMIER ASQUITH CLEARS UP MYSTERY London, April 1. The first ct of Premier Asquith in his new capacity as secretary of state for war was to clear up the mystery surrounding the Instructions given by the war office to General Sir . Arthur Paget, commander-in-chief in Ireland. Sir Arthur was summoned to London Lon-don to give his chief a personal account ac-count of the orders he had received and Issued .and as n result of the conference, Reginald McKenna, the home secretary, who is acting as leader of the house, was able to inform the commons today that: "The only question General Paget put or intonded to put to the commanding com-manding officers in Ireland was whether they were ready to put their duty before any othqr considerations. It was not his intention that this or any such question should be put by the general officers to their subordinates. subor-dinates. "General Paget Informed the general gen-eral officers of tlie promise given by the secretary for war to officers whose homes were in Ulster to permit per-mit them to withdraw temporarily from their regiments in the event, of operations becoming necessary in Ulster Ul-ster and he requested the general officers of-ficers to "find out Immediately the number of officers who would withdraw with-draw on this accounL "The Irish commander-in-chief was asked if any officers who -could not claim this exemption would be allowed allow-ed to resign and replied that the result re-sult of any refusal to do their duty could only mean their dismissal from the army." . oo |