Lloyd George Negotiations Flashcards
when did Asquith return from Ireland?
18th May 1916
what did Asquith decided after he returned from Ireland?
that a fresh political settlement was essential
why did Asquith go to Ireland in May 1916
- after dillions emotional speech to Commons (11th May 1916)
- to stop the executions
- restore normality
what would be a ‘succesful outcome’ of a political settlement be?
- stregnthen IPP position @ expense radical separatists
- deflect international criticism
who was choosen to conduct the negotiations? and why?
- Lloyd George
- his irish experience and his brilliant negotiating skills
when did the negotiations begin?
23rd May 1916
what did LG intially tell Carson?
HR would be implemented immediatially for 26 counties with remaing 6 excluded
what did LG write to Carson on 25th May?
6 county exclusion would be permanent
LG negotiated with Redmond…
separatley
what did LG tell Redmond the 6 county exclusion would be?
TEMPORARY
why did Redmond agree to the 6 country exclusion?
- he believed it was TEMPORARY
- desperate attempt to:
- secure HR
- save IPP
when and where did the unionist accept the 6 county exclusion and give Carson their unanimous support?
- 12th June 1916
- @ 2nd UCC meeting
why were the Unionist triumphant at the 6 county exclusion?
- it had gave them what they had demanded since 1911
- it matched their maximum demand @Buckingham Palace Conference 1914
what did Carson say about the ‘Unioinist Triumph’?
“we have offered to us voluntarily all that civil war would give”
what was the positive nationalist reaction in the north to the 6 county exclusion?
23rd June Ulster Nationalist Conference voted in favour after Devlin’s passionate plea of temporary exclusion.
what was the negative nationalist reaction in the North?
a considerbale anti-exclusionist camp (T,F,Dc) became ortganised through the Irish National League
what was the significance of this anti-exclusionist group?
- gave a focus for opposistion
- helped undermine the IPP in ulster
why did the neogtiations fail?
an opposition campaign mounted by Walter Long and Lord Landsdowne
who were Walter Long and Lord Landsdown?
- southern unioinists
- memebers in the conservative coalition gov
what did they reveal?
that permanent exlusion had been offered to Carson.
what did Redmond realise?
that he had been deliberately decieved
what was the impact of the neogtaiations?
- disatrous blow to the IPP and personal disaster for Redmond.
- redmond had been outmanouvered by Unionists and betrayed by the British Government.
what did Dillion say about the impact of the negotiations on redmond?
'’trust in Redmond is dead as far as the mass of the population is concerened’’
what did the historian Gywnn say about the impact of the negotiations on the IPP?
'’the failure of the negotations caused fatal damage to the IPP’’
