Ulster's Stand For Union

by Ronald McNeill

INDEX

• 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 Ireland, [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];
  • re-elected 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, [8]th 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]-[293]
• 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 [3]rd 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, [143]
• 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 Unionists, [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, [264]
• 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 [5]th, [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, [63];
  • 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, [276], [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, [1]st 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, [158], [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, [69];
  • 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]