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 5th, 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