ULSTER CRISIS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2120, 11 April 1914, Page 5

ULSTER CRISIS

tCOL(^EtSEELYfEPLAiNS| INTERVIEW Wim<GENERA£ :' ';■ r.-V GoUG H;#iililil JHAT...AaUALL|||ANSPe : >] ' ROYAL- INTERVENTION '% ;■: J,|' ;■;:; DENIED^fg^V;?; By T«kjrajh.—Prcss Aseociaiiou-Cop'yright .'-;" *.- (Bee..ApriUl, 1 a.m.)' ,\-:-■';:' Umilflly April 10. Cslonel Seely, ifi addressing his constituents, at Long Baton after the resignation of Ms portfolio as Secretary oi State for War, said' the Conservative papers had goao i«nd ever.'the- Ulster Question,, and tried to wake the country and Army think a great plot was being engineered t-o overwhelm Ulster and sheet down enough people in ofder to mako others conform to the- Government's will. The Government had never conceived such a wieked thing. There was a great Liberal principle ' that tho Amy must iietoi' bo used in support of civil power except to cn'ablo the- civil power to exercise- its duty, Wltmi tho Ulster crisis passed, there would remain the. question of liow far the Government was .entitled to uso forco to re* press political opposition. "If I had to stand alono," added 'Colonel Seely, "I would soj-, 'Under no circumstances awl iiirier no provocation shall we ever depart from tliat sound[rule of liberty that the Army is only to be used in the last resort, and then only to tho extent required to protect tho nets orf csitizens.' I told General Ggugh this, and espfoteed that the Army was bound to obey laivfj.il orders, . But as the Army had got it Into their heads that tiro Ckrvernmftflt was contemplating unlawful action, I told him In good sot terras that this was not so. General Cough then said he -would obey ail lawful commands, and the interview ended." Regarding tho doctimmit, Colsmcl Seely said; "It was quite impossible for my colleagues to write what I said, as tho document Was incomplete, and did not contain added phrases.' Without tho rotootest idea of dealing unfaithfully with my colleagues, the situatien became intolerable when tho document was claimed as a- trophy." All tho wild stories about tlio King intervening were untrue. The King never knew about. General dough's document antii the day after. .OLSTEtTdiBeMiAHS. . MR. BUENS~VEHEMENT. lottfton, April 9. Mr. John Burns, President of iheLocal Government Board, in a speech at Smith Shields, said that many Jei-e* nuahs who had predicted death, damnation, and disaster to trade a decado ago if Tariff Reform were not adopted, we're now saying tho same thing of Ireland if Boraa Bute were granted. Notwithstanding their resistance.! the Bill, together with tlie concessions, would bo parsed, but if its opponents were not careful, it would bo without the concessions. The Anny would not mutiny: it was calm and dignified* but theTories were playing with treason. Tlie War Office was not a chapel of ease- tg tho Carlton Chjb. : The Anfiy.nuist in tho lost fesort he used, in maintaining the supremacy tti tte State" against all cflntendiiig sectians. Optional obedieflce was impossible. RIOT IN PITTSBURG. New York, April 8. "Patsy" Brannigan, a noted pusilist, was badly injured in a riot at Pittsburg between Home Kalers and antiSome BuJors, Other persons w«o wo«ftdcd, / ' , The police reserves were called out. 'flte disiurbalie& raged throughout the fow-clAss district for hours, despite wholesale arrests and baton charges by the police. MB. ASQtfITH R&E&ECTED.Lonepti, April 8. Tie Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith), who, on taking over the portfolio of ■Secmtery of State for War, resigned by Cofenel .-Sefely. had to seek tc-eleetioa for the East Fife seat, has been returned unopposed. ' POHCB $&ZJZ AJiMtJNJTION. , torttldni April 9. Tlie pnlipe have seized many thousand cartridges on steamer Anelis at Kingston, censigned to Sotith Ireland,