Maxwell admitted in a report to Asquith in June that the impression that the leaders were killed in cold blood and without a trial had resulted in a "revulsion of feeling" that had emerged in favour of the rebels, and was the result of the confusion between applying DORA as opposed to Martial law (which Maxwell had actually pressed for from the beginning).
Maxwell medgav i en rapport til Asquith i juni, at fornemmelsen af at lederne blev dræbt med koldt blod uden rettergang havde forårsaget en harme til fordel for oprørerne, og skyldtes forvirring mellem anvendelse af DORA loven i forhold til krigsret (hvilket Maxwell rent faktisk selv havde talt for fra starten).