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Show CABINET MEETING IS HASTILY CALLED LONDON, March 20. When inquiry was mado at tho war office tonight concerning con-cerning the roport that 100 army officers In tho Curragh camp had resigned rather than servo In Ulster, War Secretary Sely's secretary admitted that similar rumors had reached tho war office and that appropriate moasurcs would bo taken to deal with the situation. It was impossible to obtain confirmation confirma-tion tonight of tho report that tho war office sent an ultimatum to tho Curragh regiments, but it appears certain tha' some officers resigned ns a protest against bolnir ordered to Ulster. A conference of ministers, urgently , summoned, met at Colonel Keoly's residence resi-dence tonight and discussed the situation I In Trelanu. Thoso present included I Premier Asqulth, Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, and members of tho war office staff. After this conference Mr. Churchill summoned the first sea lord, Prince Louis of Bat-tenberg, Bat-tenberg, to Admiralty house at midnight for a further discussion, of tho situation. The regiments involved ut Curragh are cavalry regiments with famous records, namely, tho Fourth hussars, with "Bala-klava" "Bala-klava" inscribed on their standard; the Fifth lancers, who defended Ladysmlth. nnd tho Sixth lancers, whose records Include In-clude tho bnttlo of Waterloo. Brigadier General Count Glelchen, commander of the troops In Belfast, ha3 been summoned sum-moned to London to confer with the war office officials. Tho number of troops lu Ireland now Is 21.000. |