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]