NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WHAT is the cause of the crisis? Who can tell? It ohanges like the chameleon. We can say far more easily what did not cause it. It is not due to the Army having refused to obey orders, for no orders were given to the Army. We cannot even say that it is due to the officers at the Curragh having given an unsatisfactory answer to a hypothetical question, for has not the Prime Minister indignantly condemned all such questions P It *certainly is not due to the interference of the King, as was alleged by the Labour Members and extremists in the House of Commons, for the Prime Minister has told us with solemn emphasis that the King's action has been absolutely Constitutional throughout. It is not due to the resignation of Colonel Seely, for Colonel Seely is still Secretary of State. To what, then, is it due P