WILL NOT RESIGN

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 77, 1 April 1914, Page 7

WILL NOT RESIGN

LORD MORLEY'S DECISION. LONDON, 31st March. Lord Morley, speaking in the House of Lords, announced that he would not resign. If Colonel Seely's first resignation had been accepted, he said, his would have followed. SEDUCING THE ARMY MR. CHURCHILL CHARGES THE OPPOSITION. LONDON, 31st March. On the motion for the third reading of the Consolidated Bill, the army crisis was further debated. Mr. Churchill, referring to Sir Arthur Paget's anxiety as to the movement of troops, said that Sir Arthur Paget assured the Government that he would not allow the troops to fire on the Orangemen until the troops had been fired at for some time and had suffered an effective loss. The Government was absolutely bound to be prepared. It seemed to be patriotic and loyal to raise an army in Ulster, but the Government's precautions to support and protect the troops against this army were considered a fiendish and treacherous conspiracy. He definitely charged the leaders of the Opposition of both Houses with the seduction of the army. Mr. Bonar Law, Leader of the Opposition, denied the charge. He said that if the oilicorsS had been influenced it was by Mr. Churchill's Bradford speech. Alinisters insinuated that the blame rested with Sir Arthur Paget, but they did not dare to say it. Sir Arthur Paget < said nothing, but many suspected that tho Government were concealing something. The motion for the third reading was carried by 329 votes to 251. The Bill passed the House of Lords in all stages. ARMY WOULD NEVER BE A POLITICAL TOOL. •• (TIMES AND STI)NBY SON SERVICES.) (Received April 1, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, 31st March. Lord Roberts, during the debate in fcha House of Lords, insisted passionately that no man alive could seduce the army into becoming the tool of any political party.