"A HELLISH INSINUATION."

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 72, 26 March 1914, Page 5

"A HELLISH INSINUATION."

MR CHURCHILL CALLED TO

ORDER.

COLONEL SEEL¥ MAKES .A

STATEMENT

(Received March 36, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON., March !25. Mr Bonar Law said that iiiere twere many gaps in the White Paper .which required filling before adequate' discussion was possible. Colonel .Seely. said that he would conceal nothing. The White -Paper included all instructions givien -fco' Bir Arthur Paget, but there were oralanstructioris- respecting the Government troops and also numerous consultations of which no memoranda were kept. ' . :■■■■■ Mr. Amery, M.P. for Birmingham South, interjected: "Will Mr Churchill state whether he hoped the purely precautionary, measures. wouM lead to fighting and bloodshed.?" Mr Churchill repudiated what he called,' the hellish iasinuatdoiij and amidst uproar the Speaker ordered: Mr Churchill to withdraw the epitheti' Mr Churchill reluctantly withdrew it. Colonel Seely added that Sir Arthur Paget's officers honestly believed that a plan existed to overwhelm Ulster by a surprise attack. They were unaware that they were only being asked to support the civil power. Sir Arthur Paget had denied the accuracy of the letter purporting to give a® his gihraee the "Country in a blaze." -He said that he meant a blaze in the ;press. He? (Colonel Seely) accepted responsibility for the ..conditions to General Gough. He admitfted! that he misled the, Cabinet inadvertently, but'he was honest in his intent. He therefore tendered his resignation. The suggestion that the King took any initiative was absolutely , unfoundfeid. ■■ -,/ ■■■- ;'.' ■■ ,''./ '-•■■. ''. / ';: ; --;. ■