INDEX

Agar-Robartes, Mr., 68-69

Ancient Order of Hibernians, 259

Army--

Irish Brigades raised for the War-- Sixteenth Division, staffing of, 174, 187-188; development of opinions in, 188; 10th Division made up from, 194-195; proceeds to France, 200-201; in action, 230, 241; Messines, 264-265; Ypres, 306 Tenth Division, 195 Tyneside Battalions, 190 Ulster Division, 201; on the Somme, 240; Messines, 264-265; Ypres, 306 Irish Nationalist attitude to, 140-141 Irish recruiting-- Redmond's efforts, 154-155, 158, 176-179, 185, 191-192, 199, 202, 207, 211; efforts handicapped by Government, 163, 175-6, 177, 190-191, 206; letter to Birrell, 160; Sinn Féin propaganda against, 219 Irish Regulars' achievements, 150; in Gallipoli, 195 ff. Ulster sympathies of, 83, 99, 104 ff.; the Curragh incident, 105-109

Ashe, Thomas, 300-302

Asquith, H.H.,

struggle of, with House of Lords, 43-46, 50; on indivisibility of Ireland, 69, 72; Ladybank speech, (Oct., 1913), 85 War Minister, 109 response to Redmond's National Defence offer, 138, 143 on Ulster preparations for resisting Home Rule, 148 fails Redmond, 153, 167 recruiting speech in Dublin, 155-157 the Coalition, 192 Redmond's letter to, against conscription, 208-209 the Rebellion, 226 reports on his visit to Ireland, 232 breaks faith with Redmond, 239-240 displaced, 244 estimate of, 87, 93 mentioned, 30, 34, 41, 73, 138, 139

Aughavanagh, 37-39, 267

Balfour, A.J., 55-56

Balfour, G., 23

Barrie, Mr., 271, 304, 308, 321

Beatty, Admiral, 158

Bernard, Dr., Abp. of Dublin, 272, 310, 318

three points of, 291 ff.

Biggar, Joseph, 6

Birrell, A., Redmond's letter to, on the Volunteers, 160

on Kitchener's attitude to Irish National Volunteers, 162 Appreciation of Redmond quoted, 162, 184 the Rebellion, 219-220 mentioned, 31, 69, 139, 198

Blake, E., 24

Brade, Sir R., 203

Budget of 1909-10, 42, 47

Butler, Sir W., 5

Butt, Isaac, 6

Campbell, Sir James, 219

Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H., 34, 337

Carson, Sir E.,

the Covenant demonstrations, 72; moves exclusion of Ulster, 75; on Ulster and the Army, 105; on possibility of persuading Ulster, 114; the Speaker's Conference, 121; attitude to Home Rule enactment, 148-149; joins the Coalition, 192-193; interpretation of exclusion proposals, 234; refuses joint platform at Newry, 200; kills Volunteer Bill, 208; on conscription for Ireland, 210, 211; final victory against Redmond, 240; temperamental attitude to Home Rule, 96-97; quoted, 67, 71, 80-81, 83, 100; appeal on Ulster's claim, 97-98; mentioned, 89, 229, 260, 263

Casement, Sir Roger, 116, 221, 223;

quoted, 115, 118

Castletown, Lord, 24

Cecil, Lord Hugh, 50

Cecil, Lord Robert, 115

Chamberlain, Austen, 102

Churchill, Winston,

Belfast speech of (1912), 62, 67; devolution proposal, 71; Bradford speech (1914), 103-104; the Larne gun-running, 113; mentioned, 77, 84

Citizen Army, the, 180, 183;

the Rebellion, 218

Clark, Sir George, 271-272

Clarke, ----, execution of, 224

Clancy, J.J., 269, 318, 332

Coalition formed, 192-193

Coercion, 8-9, 16, 82

Colthurst, Capt., 228, 231

Commons, House of,

Parnell's obstruction in, 6 ff.; payment of members, 52; scene after passing Home Rule Bill, 152; disgust of, at Redmond's defeat, 240; Redmond's estimate of, 12; his familiarity with, 111

Congested Districts Board, 28

Connolly, James, 183;

the Rebellion, 218, 224

Conscription,

Redmond's opposition to, 208 ff., 242, 247-248; application of, to Ireland, 334

Convention, see Irish Convention

Craig, Capt., 51, 70, 105;

quoted, 95

Crooks, Will, 152

Crozier, Dr., Abp. of Armagh, 198, 272, 279, 300, 302, 310, 330

Curragh incident, 105-109

Curzon, Col., 187

Dalton, Miss (Mrs. John Redmond), 14, 20

Davitt, Michael, 8, 19

Davitt (young), 116

de Robeck, Admiral, despatch of, 195-196

de Valera, E., 268, 269

Desart, Lord, 273, 318

Devlin, J.,

in Redmond's "inner cabinet," 25, 36; his supporters' disappointment on compromise, 109; recruiting successes of, 177, 179; indispensable in Ireland, 183; carries Belfast Convention for exclusion proposals, 235; on the Irish Convention, 269, 304, 310, 322; estimate of, 21; Redmond's estimate of, 235; mentioned, 48, 84, 155, 263

Devolution, 28, 71

Dillon, John,

relations with Redmond, 25, 36; on coercion, 82; an Irish Volunteer movement, 115; speech on suppression of the Rebellion, 231; declines to serve on the Irish Convention, 269; mentioned, 16, 100, 109, 121, 129, 155

Doran, Capt., 274-275

Doyle, Sir A. Conan, cited, 131-132

Dublin strike (1913), 90, 273

Duke, Sir. H.E., 240, 275

Dunraven, Lord, 27, 28, 77;

on the Convention, 273, 282, 317-318, 330

Ewart, Sir S., 108

Field, William, 24

Financial Relations Commission, 24, 75

Fingall, Lord, 174

Forster, W.E., 79

Franchise Bill (1917), 302, 304-305, 311

French, Sir John, 107, 108

Friend, General, 198

Gallipoli, Irish troops in, 195 ff.

General Elections--

1906, 43 1910 (Jan.), 43-44 1910 (Dec.), 49 1918, 231

George V, King, 121

George, D. Lloyd,

non-Irish preoccupations of, 41-42; Conciliation mission after the Rebellion, 232; agreement with the Irish, 234; agreement thrown over, 239; Redmond's hopes from, as Premier, 244-245; on Irish distrust, 246; supports the "two nations" theory, 255; the Convention, 260; letter to Plunkett, 324; conference with Convention representatives, 325; proposals to the Convention, 326 ff.; quoted on Ulster, 73

Gladstone, W.E., 11, 17, 42, 130, 317;

breach with Parnell, 18-19; retirement, 23

Gladstone, W.G.C., 66

Gough, Gen., quoted, 105 ff.

Government, delays of, 185, 236-237, 244, 247;

general attitude to Redmond, see under Redmond

Granard, Lord, 273, 282

Grey, Earl, 78

Grey, Lord (Sir Edward), Ulster proposals of, 85, 86;

speech on outbreak of War, 128-130; quoted, 66; mentioned, 30, 108

Harbison, Mr., 270

Harty, Abp. of Cashel, 270

Hayden, Mr., 38, 130-131

Hazleton, Mr., 14

Healy, T.M., returned for Wexford, 7-8;

attacks on Redmond and Nationalist Party, 34, 273; opposition to county option, 100, 111-112; declines to serve on Convention, 269; quoted, 256; mentioned, 15, 16, 47, 49

Hickie, Maj.-Gen, W.B., 201, 265

Hulk, Maj.-Gen., 268

Hobson, Bulmer, quoted, 115,159

Home Rule Bill (1912), demonstrations for and against, 62;

National Convention, 65, 66; Ulster's attitude, 65, 67 ff.; exclusion proposals, 68, 78, 84, 99; devolution proposals, 71; Unionist converts, 73; in Committee, 68, 74; financial arrangements under, 74-75; Report stage, 75; Third Reading, 77; in the Lords, 77 ff.; third Introduction (1914), 99; inadequate private discussion of, by Irish Party, 100-101; the Amending Bill, 121, 126; the Speaker's Conference, 121 ff.; amending Bill postponed, 126; operation of, to be deferred, 148-149; Royal assent, 151; Asquith's move towards securing immediate operation of, after the Rebellion, 232; O'Connor's demand for, 249

Hopwood, Sir Francis, 275

Industrial depression in Ireland under the War, 184

_Irish at the Front, The_, quoted, 201

Irish Brigades, see under Army

Irish Convention--

Committee of Nine, 304, 307, 310 Financial considerations, 285, 286, 293-295, 307, 309; Lord Midleton's proposals, 312-323; Lloyd George's proposals, 326-332 First meeting of, 271 Fraternization between representatives, 286-287 Grand Committee of Twenty, 301, 303, 307, 311 Inception of, 258, 260 Intermediate Authority proposal, 285-286 Land Purchase Sub-Committee, 304, 317 Personnel of, 271 ff. Preliminaries, 269 Procedure adopted, 280 Reports presented by, 330 Sinn Féin attitude to, 263-264, 267-268 Spirit of, 279-280 Ulster representatives, attitude of, 321; attitude to Redmond, 323; Report presented by, 330

Irish Council Bill (1907), 31 ff., 78

_Irish Independent_, 273, 330

Irish Party, discipline of, 12-13;

personnel of, 59; Redmond's relations with, 59-61

Irish relations with England most cordial (1916), 213

Irish suspicion, 189-90

Irish Volunteers, Redmond's policy repudiated by, 155-156;

collisions with National Volunteers, 180; Rebellion of 1916, 218 ff. (See also National Volunteers)

Jameson, Andrew, 271, 298

Judge, M.J., cited, 132

Kavanagh, W.M., 274, 318

Kelley, Dr., Bp. of Ross, 270, 293, 310, 323

Kenny, Dr., 38

Ker, S.P., quoted, 202

Kettle, Prof., T.M., 14, 93;

recruiting work of, 186; killed in action, 241; estimate of, 185

Kitchener, Earl,

attitude of, to Irish Volunteers, 138-140, 153, 160, 162, 175, 181; Redmond's interview with, on recruiting, 198-199, 205; letter on Irish recruiting, 199; estimate of, 138

Knight, Mr., 294-295

Labour Party, 44, 87, 108

Land Act (1909), 41

Land League, 8

Land Purchase, 17, 27-28

Lang, Dr., Abp. of York, on Ulster, 78-80

Lansdowne, Marquis of, 29, 236, 238

Larkin, James, 90, 183, 273

Larne Gun-running, 112-114

Law, A. Bonar,

speeches of, on Ulster, 65, 70; Ulster policy, 77, 83, 87, 99, 163; protest against enactment of Home Rule, 149; quoted on Major Willie Redmond, 245; estimate of, 56; mentioned, 132, 178

Liberal Party, 13, 29

Lincolnshire, Marquis of,

Volunteer Bill of, 205, 208

Liquor trade in Ireland, 42

Local Government Act (1897), 24

Long, W., quoted, 216

Longford Election, 257, 259

Lonsdale, Sir John, 263

Lords, House of,

Veto controversy, 42 ff., 50, 52, 57; Conference, 48

Loreburn, Lord, 84

Lynch, Arthur, 129

Lysaght, Edward, 273, 282, 296, 301-302

McCarthy, Justin, 13;

quoted, 26

McCullagh, Sir C., 284

MacDermott, Dr., 272

MacDonagh, 201;

the Rebellion, 218, 224

MacDonnell, Sir Anthony,

devolution scheme of, 28-29; supports Home Rule Bill, 78; in the Convention, 273, 282, 310, 317

McDowell, Sir Alexander, 272, 303-304, 307-308

MacNeill, Prof.,

promotes Nationalist arming, 93; volunteer following of, 180; the Rebellion, 219; cited, 164, 180-181; mentioned, 64, 116

MacRory, Dr., Bp. of Down and Connor, 270

MacSweeney, Capt., 153

Mahaffy, Dr., Provost of Trinity, 272, 330

Maxwell, Sir John, 225-226

Meath, Lord, 158, 169

Midleton, Lord, 271, 273, 285, 296, 304, 308;

Customs proposals, 310 ff.

Mooney, J.J., 21, 38

Moore, Lt.-Col. M., 159-160, 203

Murphy, W.M., 273, 282, 295, 304, 315, 317

Nathan, Sir M., 220

National Volunteers,

establishment of, 91-92, 94-95, 99; Redmond's adhesion to, 114; formidable character of, 114-115; committee difficulties, 117 ff.; Bachelor's Walk affair, 123-125; Redmond's offer of, for National Defence, 134 ff., 203 ff.; general response, 136-138; demand for recognition, 153, 159-161, 202-203; refused, 153, 162, 167, 181, 203, 207-208, 222; secession of Irish Volunteers from, 155; Asquith's pledge regarding, 157; Review of, in Phoenix Park, 204; Bulmer Hobson's History of, quoted, 115, 159

O'Brien, Patrick, 38, 267

O'Brien, William, attacks by,

on Redmond and National Party, 34; opposition to Budget (1909), 42, 47; to Home Rule Bill (1912), 74; to county option, 100, 111-112; to the Convention, 263; declines to serve, 269

O'Cathasaigh, Mr., cited, 91

O'Connor, "Long John," 38

O'Connor, T.P.,

Canadian tour 1910, 48; recruiting successes of, 190; motion for immediate Horns Rule, 249; cited, 203; mentioned, 25, 100, 130-131

O'Donnell, Dr., Bp. of Raphoe, 270, 284, 294, 303, 304, 308, 310, 312, 330;

speech on Papal Decrees, 299-300

Oranmore, Lord, 313, 319

Paget, Gen. Sir Arthur, 105ff.

Parliament, see Commons and Lords

Parnell, C.S., 6-13, 17-19, 92;

property of, 7, 37; power of, 58; anecdote of Willie Redmond and House of Commons, 249

Parnellites, 19-21, 23-25;

fusion of, with anti-Parnellites, 25

Parsons, Lt.-Gen. Sir L., 170ff., 200-201, 204-205

Pearse, Patrick, speech of, in Dublin, 63-64;

Limerick speech, quoted, 94; secedes from National Volunteers, 118; the Rebellion, 218, 222-223; execution, 224

Phoenix Park murders, 14

Pigott, 18

Pirrie, Lord, 293

Plunket, Count, 248

Plunkett, Lord (Sir Horace),

Conference scheme of (1895), 23; the Convention, 274, 302, 309; as Chairman, 279; Lloyd George's letter to, 324

Poe, Col. Sir Hutcheson, 145

Pollock, Mr., 272, 299, 308

Primate, the, see Crozier

Primrose, Neil, 68-69

Primrose Committee, 270, 293-294

Protestant Ascendency, 86, 96, 101

Raymond Le Gros, 2-3

Rebellion, Redmond's attitude to, 3

Rebellion of 1916, 218-219, 221, 227;

denounced by Redmond, 223-224; suppression of, 224-229; Government's fomentation of disaffection, 227-229; comparison with South African Rebellion (1914), 225

Recruiting, see under Army

Redmond, John Edward, 4

Redmond, John--

Ancestry and family of, 2-4 Career-- education, 5; clerkship in the House, 6; returned for New Ross, 8; Parliamentary debut, 9-11; Australian and American mission, 14; marriage, 14; second American mission, 17; imprisoned (1888), 17; chosen leader of Parnellites, 19; returned for Waterford, 19; attitude to Roman Catholic Church, 20: widowed, 20; second marriage, 21-22; work with Plunkett, 23-24; on Commission on Financial Relations, 24; Chairman of United Irish Party, 25, 58; his inner cabinet, 25, 58, 100; attitude to Irish Council Bill, 31-33; campaign for Home Rule (1907), 34-35; House of Lords controversy, 45-46, 57; "Dollar Dictator," 48; the Nottingham Meeting (1912), 73; Home Rule campaign (1912) following Carson, 84; on proposed exclusion of Ulster, 85-86; attitude to National Volunteers, 92; speeches on the Ulster position, 98, 99, 102, 109-111; the Ulster gun-running, 114; relations with National Volunteers thereafter, 114 ff.; the Speaker's Conference, 121-122; speech on outbreak of War, 132 ff.; offers the Volunteers for national defence, 134ff; Recruiting manifesto, 151; refuses office in Coalition Government, 192; interview with Kitchener on recruiting, 198, 205; Conference at Viceregal Lodge, 198-199; visits Irish troops at the Front, 201-202; opposes Conscription for Ireland, 208 ff. letter to Asquith, 208 Rebellion of 1916, 219 ff. Government breach of faith, 238-240; moves vote of censure, 243; criticizes Lloyd George, 245; renewed opposition to conscription, 248; the Smuts dinner, 257; the Convention, 258, 261-263; death of his brother, 256; death of Pat O'Brien, 267; in the Convention, 278-279; relations with Nationalist representatives, 283-284; speech in Belfast, 289 ff.; at Westminster, 304; speech on vote of thanks to the Forces, 305-306; Meetings of Committee of Nine, 307 ff.; ill-health, 257, 282, 312, 322; attitude to Lord Midleton's proposals, 316, 318-321; tables motion conditionally accepting, 321; withdraws owing to Nationalist opposition, 322-323; illness, 325; operation, 328; death, 329 Characteristics-- Ambition, lack of, 40, 336 Caution, 282 Courtesy, 26, 35 Eloquence, 41, 88 Lucidity, 41, 53, 59 Moderation, 3, 11 Modesty, 36, 336 Optimism, 74 Peaceable temperament and tolerance, 21, 25, 26, 35, 88 Rest, love of, 38 Reticence, 37 Romantic strain, 37 Self-abnegation, 278, 280 Sensitiveness, 243, 282 Tact, 88 Trustworthiness, 194 Comparison of, with Campbell-Bannerman, 337; with Parnell, 338; position compared, with that of Botha, 158, 172, 184, 212, 224 Estimate of, 335; Birrell's estimate, 194; Healy's tribute, 256; estimate as leader, 59-61, 283, 310, 338; estimate of his work, 338-341 Government slighting of, and disregard of his advice, 153, 163, 167, 175-176, 190-191, 220, 226, 229, 238-239; instances of bad faith, 153, 239-240, 246; recruiting efforts handicapped, 163, 175-176, 177, 190-191, 206 House of Commons life of, 111 Imperialism of, 15 Irishmen, attitude towards, 27, 63 Military sympathies of, 107-108 Oratorical style of, 5 Recruiting efforts of, see under Army Status of, in Ireland, 171-172 Social isolation of, 13 Stephens' attack on, 276-277 War policy of, 132, 216

Redmond, Major "Willie,"

Australian mission and marriage, 14; imprisoned (1888), 17; returned for East Clare, 20; War service, 182-3, 185, 213-214, 230; position in his regiment, 188-189; speeches in the House quoted, 215-216, 245; advises resignation of Parliamentary party, 259; last speech in the House, 249-254; killed in action, 51, 265; estimate of, 249; mentioned, 4, 13, 19, 38, 118, 128

Redmond, Major William Archer, 4, 185;

on the Somme, 240; wins D.S.O., 306; returned as Nationalist in 1918 election, 231

Redmond, William Archer, 4, 5, 7

Richardson, Gen., 163

Roberts, Lord, 176

Roman Catholic Church, 49, 187

Russell, George ("A.E."), in the Convention, 274, 282, 304, 310, 312

Sclater, Sir Henry, 204-205

Selborne, Lord, 236

Seely, Col., 108-109

Sexton, Th., 16, 24

Shaw, Mr., 6

Sheehy-Skeffington, Mr., 228, 231

Sinn Féin--

Convention ignored by, 263-264, 267-268 Demonstration by, at funeral of Thomas Ashe, 300 Electoral successes of, 231, 257, 268, 278 Growth of, from May 1916, 232 Propaganda, suspicion fostered by, 189 Rebellion of 1916, see that heading

Smith, F.E., quoted, 95

South African War, 24

Stephens, James, quoted, 276-277

Taylor, Capt., J.S., 27

Tennant, H.J., 198, 206

Thomas, J.H., 108

Times forgeries, 18

Ulster--

Administrative autonomy proposal, 85, 86 Arms importation by, 81, 94; Larne gun-running, 112-114 Asquith's moratorium concession to, 149 Belfast Convention (1916), 235 Churchill's speech (1912), 62 Convention, the (1917), representatives at, 271-272, 285; their attitude and procedure, 281, 299 County option proposals, 77, 85, 99 ff.; difficulties of the scheme, 101 Covenant, the, 72; military covenanters, 83 Exclusion proposals, 68, 78, 84, 233-234; embodied in the Bill, 99; time limit discussions, 101-103; Council of 1916 accepts exclusion proposals, 235 Favouritism applied to, 95, 120, 123, 125, 164, 169, 170, 174 Friendly relations with Nationalists, 51 Home Rule, resistance to, 65, 67 ff.; Parliamentary majority for, 77; distribution of Home Rulers, 101 Inseparability of, 69, 76-77, 84 Lloyd George's scheme, 234 Protestant ascendency, 86, 96, 101 Provisional Government formed, 80, 83 Rebellion preparations of, 148 Redmond's efforts to conciliate, 76-77, 109-110, 114 War, attitude on outbreak of, 130 mistrustful of Irish Volunteers, 142

United Irish League, 58, 259, 261

University Act (1908), 41

Vatican Decrees, 49

Wallace, Col., 299

Walsh, Abp., 257

War--

Outbreak, 126 ff. Redmond's policy regarding, 132, 216; Nationalist criticism of, 276-277 (see also Army, recruiting) Ulster's attitude, 130, 142

Ward, Col. John, 108

Waterford, 19

Wexford, 3

What the Irish Regiments have done quoted, 202

White, Capt., J.R., 90-91

Whitley, H.T., 320

Wicklow surroundings, 37-39

Wimborne, Lord, 198, 199, 205

Windle, Sir B., 282, 330

Wyndham, G., 27-29