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 Fein-- 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 Shall a man understand, He shall know bitterness because his kind, Being perplexed of mind, Hold issues even that are nothing mated.
And he shall give Counsel out of his wisdom that none shall hear And steadfast in vain persuasion must he live, And unabated Shall his temptation be.
JOHN DRINKWATER, in _Abraham Lincoln_..