§ Mr. BARNSTONasked the Prime Minister what was the information which led the military authorities to believe that the Great Northern Railway of Ireland would refuse to allow troop trains to travel north?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo, Sir; I am not prepared to inquire of the military authorities.
§ Mr. GIBBSasked the Prime Minister under what Regulation the late Secretary of State for War, in paragraph 1, Part I. of the new White Paper directed General Officers Commanding-in-Chief, in December last, to inquire of any officers desiring to resign their commissions their reasons for doing so:
§ The PRIME MINISTERI would refer the hon. Gentleman to paragraph 510 of the Royal Warrant for Pay.
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§ Mr. ASTORasked the Prime Minister if he will publish the questions to which General Sir Arthur Paget has replied in his statement dated 2nd April, 1914; and if he will say whether a proof of this statement was seen by himself before it was given to him officially?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAs regards the first part of the question, I would refer to the answer which I gave to-day to the hon. Member for East Kent; and, as regards the latter part, to the reply which I gave on Monday to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton.