Index

(N.B. The page numbers in the index refer to the original hard copy edition of 1922)

Abercorn, James, 2nd Duke of, at the Belfast Convention, 33; President of the Ulster Unionist Council, 35; illness, 47, 85, 108; signs the Covenant, 122; death, 144

Abercorn, James, 3rd Duke of, 257, 282

Abercorn, Mary, Duchess of, President of the Women's Unionist Council, 37

Adair, Gen. Sir Wm., at Larne, 217

Afghan Campaign, 161

Africa, South, War, 18

Agar-Robartes, Hon. Thomas, amendment on the Home Rule Bill, 92, 94-97, 132

Agnew, Capt. Andrew, viii, 193, 202, 210, 213, 214, 220

Albert Hall, meetings at, 14, 21, 34, 71

Alexander, Dr., Bishop of Derry, at the Albert Hall, 14

Allen, C. E., 156

Allen, W. J., 35

Althorp, Lord, 138

Altrincham, election, 155

Amending Bill, 221, 223, 227; postponed, 228, 230; see Home Rule

America, War of Independence, 273

Amery, L. C. S., at Belfast, 81; on the Curragh Incident, 182

Amiens, threatened capture of, 266

Anderson, R. N., Mayor of Londonderry, letter to President Wilson, 273, 296-299

Andrews, John M., letter to President Wilson, 296-299

Andrews, Thomas, 33, 35, 48

Anglo-German relations, 167, 201

Annual Register, viii, 18 note, 21, 54 note, 76, 78 note, 138, 154 note, 155 note, 157 note, 166 note, 167 note, 169 note, 170 note, 201 note, 222 note, 223 note, 238, 271 note, 272 note

Archdale, E. M., 35; Chairman of the Standing Committee, 35; Minister for Agriculture, 282

Armagh, military depot, 175, 176

Armaghdale, Lord, 263; signs the Covenant, 122; see Lonsdale

Armistice, the, 275

Army, British, sympathy with Ulster Loyalists, 187-189

Arran, Isle of, 175

Asquith, Rt. Hon. H. H., on the opposition of Ulster to Home Rule, 1, 2; at the Albert Hall, 21; Hull, 24; Reading, 24; Bury St. Edmunds, 25; opinion of Sir E. Carson's speech, 133; at Ladybank, 154; Manchester, 166; policy on the Ulster Question, 167-170; on the Curragh Incident, 180, 182; Secretary of State for War, 184; promises an Amending Bill, 221; on the landing of arms, 221; at the Buckingham Palace Conference, 227; on the postponement of the Amending Bill, 228, 230; defence of Home Rule Bill, 235; in Dublin, 244; on the settlement of the Irish question, 245; on the national danger, 266

Attentive, H.M.S., 178

Austrian rifles, 198

Baird, J. D., at Belfast, 81

Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J., at Belfast, 13, 81; on election tactics, 25; on exclusion of Ulster, 95; resigns leadership of the Unionist Party, 60; how regarded in Ulster, 61; message from, 115; the "peccant paragraphs," 181

Balfour, Lord, of Burleigh, signs the British Covenant, 170

Ballycastle, 193

Ballykinler, training camp, 237

Ballymacarret, 225

Ballymena, meeting at, 108

Ballymoney, meeting at, 158

Ballyroney, meeting at, 108

Balmerino, S.S., 208, 209

Balmoral, Belfast, meeting at, 79-86, 101

Bangor, 214, 219

Barrie, H. T., 257

Bates, Richard Dawson, Secretary of the Ulster Unionist Council, 35, 121; organises demonstration, 111; on board a tender, 214; Minister for Home Affairs, 282; knighthood, 284

Bedford, Duke of, Chairman of the British League for the support of Ulster, 147

Belfast, 46; Convention of 1892, 32-34, 109; meetings at, 52, 78, 157; services on Ulster Day, 117: City Hall, 119, 283; Covenant signed, 119-122; drill hall, opened, 148; riots, 151; review of the Ulster Volunteer Force at, 163; Customs Authorities, stratagem against, 217; reception of the King and Queen, 283

Belfast Lough, 46, 175, 211, 212

Belfast Newsletter, 102 note, 111

Benn, Sir John, 53

Beresford, Lord Charles, at Belfast, 81, 109; at the Ulster Club, 125; Liverpool, 127; member of a Committee of the Provisional Government, 145

Berwick, 149, 154

Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine, Chief Secretary for Ireland, on the character of Sinn Feinism, 4; at Ilfracombe, 54; on the Home Rule Bill, 96; the right to fight, 138; member of a sub-committee on Ulster, 175; conduct in the Irish rebellion, 243; character of his administration, 245

Blenheim, meeting at, 97 Boyne, the, 2; battle of, 115; celebration, 224

Bradford, 172, 174, 175

Bristol, 150, 166; Channel, 208

Britannic, H.M.S., 224

British Covenant, signing the, 170

British League for the support of Ulster and the Union, formation, 147

Browne, Robert, Managing Director of the Antrim Iron Ore Company, 193

Brunner, Sir John, President of the National Liberal Federation, 167

Buckingham Palace Conference, 227

Budden, Captain, 196

Budget, 19; "The People's," 20

"Budget League," formed, 20

Bull, Sir William, 195

Bury St. Edmunds, 25

Butcher, Sir J. G., at Belfast, 81

Cambridge, H.R.H. Duke of, 187

Cambridgeshire, election, 155

Campbell, James, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 57, 95, 109

Canterbury, Dean of, signs the British Covenant, 170

Carlyle, Thomas, 137

Carrickfergus, military depot, 175, 176

Carson, Lady, at Belfast, 236, 284

Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward, viii; accepts leadership, 39-41; political views, 41; at the Ulster Hall, 42, 108; at the Ulster Unionist Council meetings, 42, 246-248; relations with Lord Londonderry, 44, 53; on the Parliament Bill, 44; at the Craigavon meeting, 48-51, 210; character of his speaking, 48; at the Conference at Belfast, 52; at Dublin, 54; Portrush, 55; refuses leadership of Unionist Party, 60; meetings in Lancashire, 65; popularity, 66, 110, 148; at Belfast, 73, 157, 224-226, 257, 278; criticism of W. Churchill's speech, 74; on fiscal autonomy for Ire land, 77; at the Balmoral meeting, 81, 84; ovation, 85; attacks on, 87; on the Home Rule Bill, 90, 96; at the Londonderry House Conference, 94; on the resistance of Ulster, 98, 100; character of his leadership, 102; reads the Ulster Covenant, 105; tour of the Province, 110, 114; opinion of the Covenant, 111; presentation to, 115; speech on the Covenant, 116; at the service in the Ulster Hall, 118; at the City Hall, 120-124; signs the Covenant, 121; at Liverpool, 127; on the exclusion of Ulster, 133, 168; death of his wife, 148; at opening of drill hall, 148; in Scotland and England, 149; at Durham, 153; Chairman of the Central Authority, 156; Indemnity Guarantee Fund, 156; inspection of the Ulster Volunteer Force, 162, 164, 167, 223, 226; on the time limit for exclusion, 171; leaves the House of Commons, 173; on the plot against Ulster, 176; signs statement on the Curragh Incident, 186; interview with Major F. H. Crawford, 199, 210; congratulations from Lord Roberts, 220; at Ipswich, 222; at the Buckingham Palace Conference, 227; on the patriotism of Ulster, 231-233; tribute to B. Law, 236; second marriage, 236; tribute to Lord Londonderry, 241; appointed Attorney-General, 242; resignation, 242; on the Irish rebellion, 246; appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, 252; resignation, 263; reelected leader of the Ulster Party, 263; member of the Irish Unionist Alliance, 265; on the Military Service Bill, 270; letter to President Wilson, 273, 296-299; M.P. for Duncairn, 275; declines office, 275; on the Government of Ireland Act, 279; conclusion of his leadership, 280; Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 284; unable to be present at the opening of the Ulster Parliament, 284

Casement, Sir Roger, 7, 158; in league with Germany, 243

Cassel, Felix, at Belfast, 81

Castlereagh, Viscount, 109, 230; at Belfast, 81; signs the Covenant, 121

Cavan, 248, 279

Cave, Rt. Hon. George, 188; at Belfast, 81; letter to The Times, 152

Cecil, Lord Hugh, at Belfast, 81, 109; at the Balmoral meeting, 86; on the resistance of Ulster, 96

Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Austen, candidate for the leadership of the Unionist Party, 60; message from, 115; at Skipton, 167; on the policy of the Government, 168

Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Joseph, at Belfast, 13; views on Home Rule, 16, 128; tariff policy, 18; his advice to Sir E. Carson, 167

Chambers, James, signs the Covenant, 121

Chichester, Capt. the Hon. A. C., Commander in the Ulster Volunteer Force, 163

Childers, Mr. Erskine, on fiscal autonomy for Ireland, 76

China Expeditionary Force, 161

Chubb, Sir George Hayter, signs the British Covenant, 170

Churchill, Mrs., at Belfast, 73

Churchill, Lord Randolph, at Belfast, 13, 81; at the Ulster Hall meeting, 30, 40, 62; saying of, 31, 42; reception at Larne, 74; views on Home Rule, 128; Life of, 138

Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S., at Manchester, 19; Life of Lord Randolph Churchill, 30, 138; at Dundee, 54, 154; views on Home Rule. 62; projected visit to Belfast, 62-69; letter to Lord Londonderry, 69; change of plan, 69; reception at Belfast, 73; departure from, 74; on Home Rule, 95; letters on the Ulster menace, 99; on the resistance of Ulster, 138, 141; the policy of exclusion, 152; at Bradford, 172, 174, 175

City Hall, Belfast, 119, 283

Clark, Sir George, 156

Clogher, Bishop of, signs the Covenant, 122

Clydevalley, S.S., 211-213, 220; renamed, 214

Coleraine, meeting at, 108, 114 Comber, 82

Copeland Island, 212, 214, 220

Correspondence relating to Recent Events in the Irish Command, 185

Covenant, British, signing the, 170

Covenant, Ulster, draft, 104; terms, 105-107; series of demonstrations, 108-110; meeting in the Ulster Hall, 114; signing the, 120-124; anniversary, 158, 165, 236

Cowser, Richard, 210, 214

Craig, Charles, 96, 147; serves in the war, 234; taken prisoner, 234

Craig, James, member of the Ulster Unionist Council, 35; meeting at Craigavon, 46; gift for organisation, 46; member of the Commission of Five, 53; on the resistance of Ulster, 96; draft of the Covenant, 103; organises the demonstration, 111; presentation of a silver key and pen to Sir E. Carson, 115; Indemnity Guarantee Fund, 156; at the reviews of the U.V.F., 162, 164, 223; at Bangor, 217; at the Buckingham Palace Conference, 228; appointed Q.M.G. of the Ulster Division, 234; Treasurer of the Household, 253; resignation, 263; baronetcy, 275; Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions, 275; Secretary to the Admiralty, 281; resignation, 281; Prime Minister of the Northern Parliament, 281

Craig, John, 103

Craig, Mrs., presents colours to the U.V.F., 223

Craigavon, meeting at, 45-51, 80, 105, 149, 210

Crawford, Colonel F. H., viii; signs the Covenant, 123, 191; Commander in the U.V.F., 163; characteristics, 190; career, 191; Secretary of the Reform Club, 191; advertises for rifles, 191; Director of Ordnance, 192; method of procuring arms, 192-200; schooner, 192; agreement with B. S., 197-200; interview with Sir E. Carson, 199, 210; voyage in S.S. Fanny, 202-210; conveys arms from Hamburg, 203-213; attack of malaria, 207; declines to obey unsigned orders, 209; at Belfast, 210; purchases S.S. Clydevalley, 211, 212; lands the arms, 214; at Rosslare, 220; awarded the O.B.E., 284

Crewe, election, 98, 99

Crewe, Marq. of, 18, 23, 175; on the Amending Bill, 223

Cromwell, Oliver, 136

Crozier, Dr., Archbp. of Armagh, member of Provisional Government, 145

Crumlin, meeting at, 108

Curragh Incident, 174-189, 221

Curzon, Marq., on the Parliament Bill, 44; the Home Rule Bill, 134; the loyalty of Ulster, 141

Daily Express, The, 225

Daily Mail, The, 225

Daily News, The, 114, 166

Daily Telegraph, The, 111, 225

D'Arcy, Dr., Primate of All Ireland, 118; signs the Covenant, 121

Darlington, 149

Davis, Jefferson, 137

Democracy, axiom of, 15

Derbyshire, election, 222

Derry, relief of, 13, 85; meeting at, 108; election, 144; riots, 151

Desborough, Lord, signs the British Covenant, 170

Devlin, Joseph, 6, 127, 172, 174, 275; with Mr. W. Churchill in Belfast, 63, 68; the Irish Convention, 261; on the Military Service Bill, 269; letter to President Wilson, 273, 287-295; demands self-determination, 277

Devonshire, 8th Duke of, views on Home Rule, 128, 134; on the resistance of Ulster, 136, 138; Life of, 136 note, 139 note.

Dicey, Prof., signs the British Covenant, 170

Dickson, Scott, at Belfast, 81; at the Balmoral meeting, 86

"Die Hards" party, 44

Dillon, John, 6, 174; at the Buckingham Palace Conference, 227; on the Irish Rebellion, 244; letter to Pres. Wilson, 273, 287-295

Donaghadee, 214, 219

Donald, Thompson, letter to Pres. Wilson, 296-299

Donegal, 248, 279

Doreen, S.S., 207, 210; at Lundy, 208

Dorset Regiment, transferred to Holywood, 177, 178

Dromore, meeting at, 108

Dublin, insurrection, 4, 243; Unionist demonstration at, 54; Nationalist Convention, meeting, 92; Congress in, 276

Dufferin and Ava, Dow. Marchioness of, 113

Duke, Rt. Hon. H. E., Chief Secretary for Ireland, 253

Duncairn, election, 275

Dundalk, 178

Dundee, 54, 154

Dunleath, Lord, 156

Durham, Sir E. Carson at, 153

East Fife, 25

Edinburgh, 24, 101; Ulstermen sign the Covenant, 123; meeting at, 149; Philosophical Institution, lecture at the, 274

Edward VII, King, death, 23

Election, General, of 1886, 16; of 1895, 34; of Jan. 1910, 21, 22, 42; of Dec. 1910, 26; of 1918, 4

Elections, result of, 99, 155, 222

Emmet, Robert, 7, 46, 142

Enniskillen, meeting at, 108, 114; military depot, 175, 176

Erne, Earl of, member of the Ulster Unionist Council, 35; at the Craigavon meeting, 47; signs the Covenant, 122

Ewart, G. H., President of the Belfast Chamber of Commerce, 157

Ewart, Sir William, member of the Ulster Unionist Council, 35; signs the Covenant, 121

Fanny, S.S., voyage, viii, 202-213; alterations in her appearance, 206; rechristened, 207; transference of the cargo, 213

Farnham, Lord, at the Ulster Unionist Council meeting, 248, 279; Irish Unionist Alliance, 265

Ferguson, John, & Co., 196

Fiennes, Mr., at Belfast, 73

Finance Bill, rejected, 19

Finlay, Sir Robert, at Belfast, 81; at the Balmoral meeting, 86

Fishguard, 213

Flavin, Mr., on the Military Service Bill, 269

Fleming, Henry, letter to Pres. Wilson, 296-299

Flood, Henry, patriotism, 7

Foyle, the, 87, 214

Freemason's Journal, The, 72, 287

French, F. M., Viscount, member of the Army Council, 176; resignation, 184; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 272; attempt on his life, 277

Frewen, Miss, marriage, 236; see Carson

Friend, General, 177

Gambetta, Léon, 9

George V, King, Conference at Buckingham Palace, 228; opens the Ulster Parliament, 282, 286; reception in Belfast, 283

George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Budget, 19; at Edinburgh, 24; on the exclusion of Ulster, 152; Anglo-German relations, 167, 201; opinion of Sir E. Carson's speech, 168; plot against Ulster, 174; at Ipswich, 222; the Buckingham Palace Conference, 227; Secretary of State for War, 245; negotiations for the settlement of the Irish question, 245, 247, 250; Prime Minister, 252; on Home Rule, 254; alternative proposals, 255; statement on the war, 266, 268; Military Service Bill, 268; letter to B. Law, 276 note; basic facts on the Irish Question, 277; Government of Ireland Act, 278

German rifles, 198

Gibson, T. H., Sec. of Ulster Unionist Council, 35; resignation, 35

Gilmour, Captain, at Belfast, 81

Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W. E., 138; on the character of the Nationalists, 5; conversion to Home Rule, 7, 12, 30; Home Rule Bills, 13, 16, 17; personality, 17

Glasgow, 22, 78; meeting at, 149

Goschen, Viscount, views on Home Rule, 16, 128

Goudy, Prof., signs the British Covenant, 170

Gough, General Sir Hugh, commanding the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 180; at the War Office, 181; return to the Curragh, 181; driven back by the Germans, 270

Government of Ireland Act, 51, 278

Graham, John Washington, 194

Grattan, Henry, patriotism, 7

Greenwood, Sir Hamar, at Belfast, 73; Chief Secretary for Ireland, 285

Grey, Earl, on the Home Rule Bill, 134

Grey, Sir Edward, on the Home Rule Bill, 95; at Berwick, 154

Griffith, Arthur, arrested, 271; deported, 295

Griffith-Boscawen, Sir Arthur, at Belfast, 81

Grimsby, election, 222

Guest, Capt. Frederick, at Belfast, 72

Guinness, Walter, supports exclusion of Ulster, 95

Gun-barrel Proof Act, 196

Haldane, Viscount, 130, 185

Halifax, Lord, 136, 141

Hall, Frank, 121

Halsbury, Earl of, 151

Hamburg, Col. Crawford at, 198

Hamilton, Lord Claud, at Belfast, 81; Provisional Government, 145

Hamilton, George C., M.P. for Altrincham, 155

Hamilton, Gustavus, Governor of Enniskillen, 48

Hamilton, Marq. of, interest in the Ulster Movement, 109; signs the Covenant, 122

Hammersmith Armoury, 195; seizure of arms at, 196

Hanna, J., 257

Harding, Canon, 158

Harland and Wolff, Messrs., 191

Harrison, Frederic, on the Ulster Question, 169

Hartington, Marq. of, views on Home Rule, 16

Health Insurance Act, 222

Healy, T. M., 18, 22; on the Military Service Bill, 270; letter to Pres. Wilson, 273, 287-295

Henry, Denis, member of the Ulster Unionist Council, 35

Hickman, Colonel Thomas, member of Provisional Government, 145; career, 160; letter from Lord Roberts, 161, 195

Hills, J. W., at Belfast, 81

Holland, Bernard, Life of the Eighth Duke of Devonshire, 136 note, 139 note

Holywood, 46, 177, 178

Home Rule, 23-29; a separatist movement, 7; memorial against, 155

Home Rule Bill, 13, 16, 17, 90-97, 131, 133, 149; political meetings, 97; under the "guillotine," 131; in the House of Lords, 134; rejected, 135; time limit for exclusion, 171; passed, 222, 224; receives the Royal Assent, 235

Home Rule Bill, Amending Bill, 221, 223, 227, 228, 230

Hull, Mr. Asquith at, 24

Ilfracombe, 54

Indemnity Guarantee Fund, subscriptions, 156, 163

Ipswich, election, 222

Ireland, two nations, 2, 84; rebellions, 6; animosity of rival creeds, 9; condition, 17, 19, 298; insurrection, 27; fiscal autonomy, 76-78; financial clauses of the Home Rule Bill, 91; prohibition of the importation of arms, 166; Easter Rebellion, 243; exemption from conscription, 268; German plot in, 271; agitation against conscription, 272; anarchy, 279

Ireland, Council of, 278

Ireland, Government of, Act, 2, 278-280

Ireland, Northern, Parliament, 280-282

Irish Convention, 255-262; members, 255, 257; Report, 264, 266

Irish News, The, 114

Irish Republican Army, system of terrorism, 277

Irish Republican Brotherhood, 243

Irish Unionist Alliance, 30, 265; co-operation with the Ulster Unionist Council, 37

Islandmagee, 218

Italian Vetteli rifles, 197, 198, 201

James II, King, 139, 141

Johnston, James, Lord Mayor of Belfast, letter to Pres. Wilson, 273, 296-299

Kelly, Sam, 209

Kelly, Thomas, letter to Pres. Wilson, 287-295

Kennedy, Sir Robert, member of Provisional Government, 145

Kettle, Prof. T. M., on fiscal autonomy for Ireland, 76

Kiel, 204

Kingstown, cruisers at, 178

Kipling, Rudyard, "Ulster 1912," 79, 129; signs the British Covenant, 170

Kitchener, F.-M. Earl, 230, 238

Kossuth, 136

Labour Party, 22, 26

Ladybank, Mr, Asquith at, 154

Lamlash, battleships at, 175

Lane-Fox, George, at Belfast, 81

Langeland, 204

Lansdowne, Marq. of, scheme of reform for the House of Lords, 24; on the Parliament Bill, 44; message from, 115; on the Ulster Question, 169; the Amending Bill, 223; at the Buckingham Palace Conference, 227

Larne, 74, 81, 212, 214

Law, Rt. Hon. A. Bonar, leader of Unionist Party, 28, 60; on Home Rule, 28, 131; at the Albert Hall, 71; on fiscal autonomy for Ireland, 78; at the Balmoral meeting, 80-86; reception at Larne, 81; his speech, 84; indictment against the Government, 90, 172, 174, 235; on the resistance of Ulster, 91, 95, 98; messages from, 115, 149; at Wallsend, 154; Bristol, 166; on the exclusion of Ulster, 169, 171; demands inquiry into the Curragh Incident, 185; on the Amending Bill, 222; at the Buckingham Palace Conference, 227; at Belfast, 236; tribute to, 236; at the Ulster Hall, 237; warning to the Nationalists, 255; on the Military Service Bill, 269, 271

Lecky, W. E. H., History of England in the Eighteenth Century, 274 note

Leeds, meeting at, 149

Leo XIII, Pope, 8

Leslie, Shane, Henry Edward Manning, 8 note

Liberal Party, policy, 16; victory in 1906, 18; majority, 19, 22; tactics, 20; number of votes, 22, 26; defeated in 1895, 34

Liddell, R. M. 156

Lincoln, Abraham, 40; saying of, 15

Linlithgow, election, 155

Lisburn, meeting at, 108, 114

Liverpool, 127

Liverpool Daily Courier, The, extract from, 165

Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury, 159 note

Llandudno, 212

Lloyd, Mr. George, at Belfast, 81

Logue, Cardinal, 10

London School of Economics, conference at, 76

Londonderry House, conference at, 92, 94, 147

Londonderry, Marchioness of, member of the Ulster Women's Unionist Council, 37; on the Covenant, 112; presents colours to the U.V.F., 223; work in the war, 240

Londonderry, 6th Marq. of, viii; on Home Rule, 28; Ulster Unionist Council, 35; popularity, 43; character, 44; relations with Sir E. Carson, 44, 53; on the Parliament Bill, 44; Conference at Belfast, 52; at the Ulster Hall meeting, 62, 106, 108; the Ulster Unionist Council meetings, 65, 67; reply to W. Churchill, 69; at Belfast, 73; at the Balmoral meeting, 84; signs the Covenant, 121; at the Ulster Club, 125; Liverpool, 127; on the House of Lords, 134; President of the Ulster Unionist Council, 145; Indemnity Guarantee Fund, 156; at the reviews of the U.V.F., 164, 223; on the Curragh Incident, 186; on the Amending Bill, 223; at Enniskillen, 227; despondency, 240; death, 241; tribute to, 241

Londonderry, 7th Marq. of, viii; member of the Irish Convention, 257, 263; Under-Secretary of State in the Air Ministry, 275; resignation, 281; Minister of Education, 281

Long, Rt. Hon. Walter, 147; founder of the Union Defence League, 37; leader of the Irish Unionists, 38; at the Ulster Hall, 42; candidate for the leadership of the Unionist Party, 60; at Belfast, 81, 224; at the Balmoral meeting, 84, 86; the Londonderry House conference, 92; message from, 115; on the policy of the Government, 170; signs the British Covenant, 170; chairman of a Cabinet Committee on the Irish Question, 277

Lonsdale, Sir John B., member of the Ulster Unionist Council, 35; Hon. Sec. of the Irish Unionist Party, 39; signs Covenant, 122; Indemnity Guarantee Fund, 156; leader of the Ulster Party, 254; at Belfast, 257; raised to the peerage, 263; see Armaghdale

Lords, House of, rejection of the Home Rule Bill, 17, 135; of the Finance Bill, 19, 21; forced to accept the Parliament Bill, 27; position under the Parliament Act, 134; debates on the Home Rule Bill, 134

Loreburn, Lord, letters to The Times, 152, 165

Lough Laxford, 203, 206, 207

Lough, Thomas, on fiscal autonomy for Ireland, 76

Lovat, Lord, signs the British Covenant, 170

Lowther, Rt. Hon. James, at the Buckingham Palace Conference, 227

Loyal Orange Institution, 31

Lundy, 208

Lyons, W. H. H. 35

Macdonnell, Lord, on fiscal autonomy for Ireland, 76

Mackinder, H. J., at Belfast, 81

Macnaghten, Sir Charles, member Provisional Government, 145

Macnaghten, Lord, Lord of Appeal, 140, 145; signs the Covenant, 122

MacNeill, John, letter to Pres. Wilson, 287-295

Mahan, Admiral, 130

Maine, Sir H., Popular Government, extract from, 14

Malcolm, Sir Ian, at Belfast, 81

Manchester, 77, 166; election, 99

Manchester Guardian, The, 166

Manning, Cardinal, on Home Rule, 8

Mary, H.M., Queen, at the opening of the Ulster Parliament, 282; reception in Belfast, 283

Massereene, Lady, presents colours to the Ulster Volunteer Force, 223

Massingham, Mr., 166

Masterman, Rt. Hon. C. F. G., 170, 222

Mazzini, 136

McCalmont, Col. James, Ulster Unionist Council, 35; Commander of a U.V.F regiment, 163

McCammon, Mr., 121

McDowell, Sir Alexander, criticism of the Ulster Covenant, 104

McMordie, Mr., Lord Mayor of Belfast, at the service in the Ulster Hall, 118; receives Sir E. Carson, 120; at the Ulster Club, 125

Meath election petition in 1892, 10

Melbourne, Lord, 136

Mersey, the, 127

Midleton, Earl of, at the Irish Convention, 260; supports Home Rule, 262; secedes from the Irish Unionist Alliance, 265

Midlothian, election, 99

Military Service Act, ii., 268-272

Milner, Viscount, signs the British Covenant, 170; on the Amending Bill, 223

Moles, Thomas, viii; Chairman of Committee in the Northern Parliament, 282

Molyneux, patriotism, 7

Monaghan, 248, 279

Montgomery, B. W. D., Secretary of the Ulster Club, 103

Montgomery, Dr., 118

Montgomery, Major-Gen., member of Provisional Government, 145

Moore, William, Ulster Unionist Council, 35; on the amendment to the Home Rule Bill, 96; exclusion of Ulster, 168

Morley, Viscount, Life of Gladstone, 17; on the resistance of Ulster, 154; helps Colonel Seely to draft the "peccant paragraphs," 181, 183

Morning Post, The, 79, 225, 229, 283 note

Motu Proprio, vatican decree, 11

Mount Stewart, 82, 225

Mountjoy, the, 87, 214

Mountjoy II, S.S., cargo landed at Larne, 214, 218

Moyle, the, 193

Musgrave Channel, 211, 217

Musgrave, Henry, 156

Nation, The, 158

National Insurance Bill, 53

Nationalist Party, in the House of Commons, 22, 26: attitude on the war, 267; opposition to conscription, 269-273

Nationalists, the, compared with the Ulster Uniomists, 2; disloyalty, 4-6; policy, 6, 78, 141, 142; ancestry, 8; demand dissolution of the Union, 14; attitude on the war, 231, 233, 252; members of the Irish Convention, 256-262; letter to Pres. Wilson, 273, 287-295; demand "self-determination," 291, 298

Nationality, root of, 2; plea of 14, 15

Navy, reduction of, 167, 201

Nec Temere, Vatican decree, 11

Neild, Herbert, at Belfast, 81

Newcastle, 149, 153; training camp, 237

Newman, Cardinal, 5

Newry, 177

Newtownards, 225; meeting at, 108, 114

Nineteenth Century, The, 183 note, 239 note

Nonconformists, 9; opposition to Home Rule, 155

Northcliffe, Viscount, 225

Norwich, Ulster members at, 150

O'Brien, William, 22; on the Military Service Bill, 270; letter to Pres. Wilson, 273, 287-295

Observer, The, 84, 115 note, 225

O'Connell, Daniel, 7

O'Connor, T. P., 127, 174, 275; on Home Rule, 253

Omagh, military depot, 175, 176

Omash, Miss, viii

O'Neill, Capt. Hon. Arthur, 230; killed in the war, 241, 253

O'Neill, Major Hugh, serves in the war, 242; Speaker of the Northern Parliament, 282

O'Neill, Hugh, Earl of Tyrone, 7

O'Neill, Laurence, Lord Mayor of Dublin, letter to Pres. Wilson, 273, 287-295

O'Neill, Hon. R. T., member of the Ulster Unionist Council, 35

Ormsby-Gore, Capt. the Hon. W. G. A., at Belfast, 81

O'Shea, divorce, 17

Paget, Sir Arthur, Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, letter from Colonel Seely, 175; in London, 176; interviews with Ministers, 177; instructions from the War Office, 178, 180; conference with his officers, 179, 185; on the employment of troops in Ulster, 186

Parliament, assembled, 23, 131, 167; dissolved, 23, 275; adjourned, 99

Parliament Act, 23, 27, 43-45, 53, 91

Parliamentary Debates, viii, 29 note, 142, 179 note, 181 note, 185 note

Parnell, Charles, saying of, 6; leader of the Nationalist Party, 6; downfall, 17

Pathfinder, H.M.S., 178

Patriotic, R.M.S., 128

Peel, Sir Robert, 138

Peel, W., at Belfast, 81 "People's Budget," 20; rejection, 42

Percival-Maxwell, Col., Privy Councillor, 284

Phoenix Park murders, 243

Pirrie, Lord, unpopularity in Belfast, 63; peerage conferred, 284

Pitt, Rt. Hon. William, 15

Plunkett, Sir Horace, Chairman of the Irish Convention, 257, 261; letter to Lloyd George, 284

Pollock, Sir Ernest, at Belfast, 81

Pollock, H. M., member of the Irish Convention, 257, 262

Portadown, meeting at, 108, 114

Portland, Duke of, signs the British Covenant, 170

Portrush, 55, 193

Presbyterian Church, General Assembly of the, 155

Presbyterians, political views, 12

Preston, George, subscription to the Indemnity Guarantee Fund, 156

Prisoners, release of, 256

Protestants, Irish, distrust of Roman Catholics, 9; dislike of clerical influence, 10

Ramsay, Sir W., signs the British Covenant, 170

Ranfurly, Earl of, organises the Ulster Loyalist Union, 30, 37; member of the Unionist Council, 35

Raphoe, Bishop of, member of the Irish Convention, 258, 260-262

Rawlinson, J. F. P., at Belfast, 81

Reade, R. H. 35

Reading, Mr. Asquith at, 24; election, 155

Redistribution Act, 275

Redmond, Capt., 275

Redmond, John, 174; on the national movement, 7; policy, 22; on Home Rule, 27, 54; with Mr. W. Churchill in Belfast, 63, 68; opinion of Sir E. Carson's speech, 133; protests against Amending Bill, 222; at Buckingham Palace Conference, 227; conditional offer of help in the war, 231, 233; tribute to, 239; patriotism, 239; refuses office, 242; at Dublin, 249; on the exclusion of Ulster, 250; manifesto, 254; at the Irish Convention, 260-262; death, 262; on the condition of Ireland, 298

Redmond, Major W., his speech in the House, 253; killed in the war, 253

Reform Club, Belfast, 122, 124, 191

Reid, Whitelaw, 274

Renan, E., on the root of nationality, 2

Reynolds's Newspaper, 89

Richardson, Gen. Sir George, Commander-in-Chief of the U.V.F., 161, 197; career, 161; characteristics, 162; at Belfast, 162, 217; reviews the U.V.F., 163-165

Rifles, seized by Government, 161, 195; purchase of, 198; packing, 201; landed in Ulster, 219

Roberts, F.-M. Earl, 130, 188; letter to Col. Hickman, 161, 195; signs British Covenant, 170; congratulations to Sir E. Carson, 220; on the result of coercing Ulster, 224

Robertson, Rt. Hon. J. M., Secretary to the Board of Trade, on fiscal autonomy for Ireland, 76; at Newcastle, 153

Rochdale, Unionist Association at, 99

Roe, Owen, 7

Roman Catholics, Irish, disloyalty 9; character of the priest, 10; methods of enforcing obedience, 10-12

Rosebery, Earl of, 15, 18; at Glasgow, 22; on the characteristics of the Ulster race, 101

Rosslare, 220

Royal Irish Rifles, the 5th, 57

Russia, collapse of, 268

Russian rifles, 198

S. B., the Hebrew dealer in firearms, 197; agreement with Major F. H. Crawford, 197-200; honesty, 204

St. Aldwyn, Viscount, on the King's Prerogative, 151

Salisbury, Marq. of, at Belfast, 13, 81; message from, 109; views on Home Rule, 128

Salvidge, Mr., Alderman of Liverpool, 127, 128; signs the British Covenant, 170

Samuel, Mr. Herbert, at Belfast, 54

Sanderson, Colonel, Chairman of the Ulster Parliamentary Party, 35, 38

Saturday Review, The, extract from, 70

Sclater, Edward, Secretary of the Unionist Clubs, 53

Scotland, the Covenant, 103

Scotsman, The, 101, 225, 274 note

Seely, Col. Sec. of State for War, letter to Sir A. Paget, 175; statement to Gen. Gough, 181; adds paragraphs, 181, 183; on the Curragh Incident, 182; resignation, 183, 184

Seymour, Adm. Sir E., signs British Covenant, 170

Sharman-Crawford, Col., member of the Ulster Unionist Council, 35; of the Commission of Five, 53

Shaw, Lord, Letters to Isabel, 18 note

Shiel Park, meeting at, 128

Shipyards, observance of Ulster Day, 117

Shortt, Rt. Hon. E., Chief Secretary for Ireland, 272

Simon, Sir John, 175

Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Thomas, at the Ulster Convention, 33; member of the Ulster Unionist Council, 35, 67; on Home Rule, 38; member of a Commission, 53; on the Covenant, 104, 109; signs it, 121

Sinn Fein party, refuse to join the Convention, 255; in league with Germany, 271, 276; arrests, 271; members of Parliament, 275, 276; treason of, 276; congress in Dublin, 276; outrages, 277

Sinn Feinism, spirit of, 4

Skipton, 167

Smiley, Kerr, 156

Smith, Rt. Hon. F. E. (Lord Birkenhead), on the policy of Ulster, 97, 98; on the Covenant, 109; at the Ulster Club, 125; at Liverpool, 127; at the inspection of the U.V.F., 162; "galloper" to Gen. Sir G. Richardson, 163

Smith, Mr. Harold, 109

Solemn League and Covenant, 104; see Ulster

Somme, battle of the, 234

Spectator, The, 225

Spender, Col. W. Bliss, U.V.F., 197, 203, 207, 215; awarded the O.B.E., 284

Standard, The, 70, 118, 225

Star, The, extract from, 89

Stronge, Sir James, member of the Ulster Unionist Council, 35

Stuart-Wortley, Mr., at Belfast, 81

Submarine warfare, 253

Suffragists' campaign, 167

Swift, patriotism, 7

Tariff Reform policy, 18, 19; controversy, 59, 155, 167

Templetown, Lord, founds the Unionist Clubs, 30, 31

Thiepval, battle at, 234

Times, The, 32, 64, 69, 71, 77, 79, 82, 84, 99, 110, 115, 124, 126, 139, 140, 153, 172, 182, 187, 225; letters in, 152, 165

Tirah Expedition, 161

Tone, Wolfe, 7, 46, 142

Tramp steamer, diverts suspicion, 217

Turkington, James A., letter to Pres. Wilson, 296-299

Tuskar Light, 210, 211

Tyrone, contingent of Orangemen, 57

Ulster, use of the term, vii; opposition to Home Rule, 1, 2, 30; loyalty, 2-4, 33, 63, 139-143, 251; ancestry, 8; political views, 12; landlords and tenants, 12; mottoes, 13, 33; reluctant acceptance of a separate constitution, 14; organisations, 30-38; policy, 33, 51, 75, 77, 92, 93-100, 133, 136-143; military drilling, 57; characteristics of the people, 101; time limit for exclusion, 171; plot against, 174; emigrants in America, 274, 297; result of the Government of Ireland Act, 280

Ulster, British League for the support of, formed, 147

Ulster Club, Belfast, 125

Ulster, Convention of 1892, 80, 109

Ulster Covenant, draft, 104; terms, 105-107; series of demonstrations, 108-110; meeting in the Ulster Hall, 114; signing the, 120-124; anniversary, 158, 165, 236

Ulster Day, 165, 236; religious observance, 107, 117

Ulster Division, 1st Brigade, training, 237; recruiting, 238

Ulster Hall, 283; meetings, 30, 38, 40, 42, 62, 106, 108, 114, 237; service, 118, 158

Ulster Loyalist Anti-Repeal Union, 37

Ulster Loyalist and Patriotic Union, 30

Ulster Movement, vii, 1

Ulster Parliament, appointment of Ministers, 281-2; opened, 282-6

Ulster Provisional Government, 53, 145, 156, 163; judiciary, 146; constitution, 226

Ulster Unionist Clubs, founded, 30-1

Ulster Unionist Council, vii, 35; meetings, 27, 42, 52, 62, 65-67, 106, 145, 156, 210, 226, 236, 246-249, 279; members, 35, 36; co-operation with the Irish Unionist Alliance, 37; resolution adopted, 68-71; character, 75; scheme for the Provisional Government, 145; statement on the Curragh Incident, 186

Ulster Unionist Members of Parliament, 38; tour in Scotland and England, 149

Ulster Unionists, letter to Pres. Wilson, 273, 296-299

Ulster Volunteer Force, 58, 113, 137, 160; Indemnity Guarantee Fund, 156, 163; growth, 160; parades, 162, 163-165, 167, 223, 226; strength, 168; arming the, 192-200, 223; organisation, 215; despatch-riders' corps, 215; trial mobilisation, 216; presentation of colours, 223; volunteer for service in the war, 229; organisation and training of the Division, 234

Ulster Women's Unionist Association, work of the, 166

Ulster Women's Unionist Council, formed, 37; meeting, 113

"Ulster 1912," Rudyard Kipling's, 79, 129

"Ulster's Reward," William Watson's, 129

Union Defence League, in London, 37

Unionist Associations of Ireland, joint committee, 37

Unionist Party, administration, 18, 20; defeated, 18; number of votes, 22, 26, 99; dissensions on Tariff Reform, 59; members at Belfast, 81

Unionists, Southern manifesto, 265; Committee formed, 265; result of the Government Act, 282

Valera, E. De, M.P. for East Clare, 256; arrested, 277; deported, 295

Vatican decrees, 11

Vickers & Co., Messrs., 194

Victoria, Queen, 136

Wallace, Col. R. H., member of the Ulster Unionist Council, 35; member of a Commission, 53; Grand Master of the Belfast Lodges, 57; popularity, 57; career, 57; applies for leave to drill, 58; at the Ulster Unionist Council meeting, 67, 72; presentation of a banner to Sir E; Carson, 115; Command in the U.V.F., 163, 164; Privy Councillor, 284

Wallsend, 154

Walter, Mr. John, 225

War, the Great, 27, 228, 266

War Office, treatment of Gen. Gough, 181

Ward, Lieut.-Col. John, on the Curragh Incident, 182; "The Army and Ireland," 183 note, 238

Warden, F. W., 72 note

Washington, George, 273, 291

Watson, Sir William, "Ulster's Reward," 129

Waziri Expedition, 161

Westminster Gazette, 114; cartoon, 87

Whig Revolution of 1688, 31

White Paper, 175 note, 176 note, 177 note, 178 note, 179 note, 180 note, 181 note, 185, 187 note, 188

William III, King, banner, 115

Willoughby de Broke, Lord, 109

Wilson, President, letter from the Nationalists, 273, 287-295; from the Unionists, 273, 296-299; phrase of "self-determination," 277

Wimborne, Lord, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, resignation, 272

Wolff, G. 35

Wolseley, Viscount, 187

Women's Unionist Council, Ulster, formed, 37; meeting, 113

Workman and Clark, Messrs., 214

Workman, Frank, 157

Wynyard, Lord Londonderry's death at, 241

Yarmouth, 207

York, 149

York, Archbp. of, on the Home Rule Bill, 134

Yorkshire Post, The, 149, 163

Young, Rt. Hon. John, member of the Ulster Unionist Council, 35; at the meeting, 67; takes part in the campaign, 109; signs the Covenant, 122

Young, W. R., organises the Ulster Loyalist and Patriotic Union, 30, 37; signs the Covenant, 122; Privy Councillor, 284

Zhob Valley Field Force, expedition, 161

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Ronald McNeill provides a truly fascinating account of the Home Rule Crisis of 1912 from a Unionist perspective. The book covers, inter alia, the formation of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the drafting and signing of the Solemn League and Covenant, gun-running to Larne and Donaghadee, Ulster in the Great War, and the establishment of the Ulster Parliament in 1921.

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