he 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;
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