GENERAL PAGET'S EMPHATIC DENIAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11935, 24 March 1914, Page 5

GENERAL PAGET 'S EMPHATIC DENIAL.

ORDERS MISINTERPRETED

"A CKTSTS OF INFINITE DANGER. , -' (Received Tuesday, at 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, Monday. Mr Asquith said in December the officers commanding were informed that they might be called to assist the civil power, and that officers domiciled in the area, might be excused. The movement of troops had now concluded. General Paget emphatically denied saying this was the first step in. the operations to conquer Ulster. General Paget never received instructions from the 'War Office to justify such a state nient. It was an undoubted fact that General Cough and others misinterpreted their instructions and the Army Council was now satisfied there was a misunderstanding. The officers also were satisfied.

Mr Balfour said undoubtedly the Government thought the circumstances exceptional, and made exceptional provisions. Then they encountered unexpected opposition on the part of the officers. The Government had forced a crisis of .infinite danger to the community, and the Army. General Goutfh. had resigned because he would not' fight nirainst Ulster, and was now reinstated, though he still would not fight against Ulster.