1921 AD - 5 / July 

                                                                                                                                                      "Anglo - Irish Truce."" 

1921 AD July 4th:  Eamonn de Valera the Priomh Aire of the 2nd Dail Eireann / 2nd Irish Assembly held a meeting with the leading "Official" Unionists at the Mansion House in Dublin where the English Earl of Midleton suggested a "Truce" and undertook to see David Lloyd - George the British Coalition Prime Minister, while Sir James Craig the leader of the "Official" Unionists did not turn up to discuss the issues.   

July 5th: General Smuts the Prime Minister of South Africa arrived in Dublin were he met with Eamonn de Valera, Arthur Griffith, Robert Barton and Eamonn Duggan and put forward his proposition for Ireland to accept "Dominion" status as he had done in South Africa, and "not" push for an Irish Republic, but Eamonn de Valera was not interested in his proposition.

July 8th: The "Official" Unionist leaders once again attended a meeting at the Mansion House in Dublin, except, once again, for Sir James Craig the leader of the Ulster "Official" Unionists, but Eamonn de Valera, Arthur Griffith, Eamonn Duggan and Robert Barton who had all previously been "released" by the British Imperial Coalition Government from "Mountjoy Jail" were now able to attend and the English Earl of Midleton the leader of the "Official" Unionists who did attend, advised all those present that David Lloyd - George had agreed to a "Truce" and General Mac Cready the British Imperial Commander in Chief in Ireland then arrived who was meant to clear up any outstanding difficulties. David Lloyd - George the British Coalition Prime Minister then "responded," by arranging for him and Sir Alfred Cope, his appointed Under- Secretary in Ireland, to meet with the executive of the I.R.A. Volunteers and Robert Barton and Eamonn Duggan were to act as the Irish Volunteers' "Liaison Officers," which also meant the I.R.A. Volunteers were now also "officially recognized" as the Irish Republican Army.

July 9th: Eamonn de Valera the Priomh Aire of the 2nd Dail Eireann announced that the hostilities were to cease on the 11th July due to an "official" "Anglo - Irish Truce" being agreed upon with the British Imperial Government.

July 10th: On this day the Unionists in the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province carried out an "ethnic sectarian rampage" of a further show of their inbuilt "siege mentality" while "killing" 15 more Irish Catholics there, and wounded another 68 while  "burning down" 161 Irish Catholic homes. 3,000 people in Ireland had already been "killed" or "injured" there in these 6 Counties of Ulster Province during the "Troubles" up until this date.

     A Military Conference was then held at the British Military H.Q. between Eamonn Duggan and Robert Barton representing the Irish Volunteers / I.R.A. / Irish Republican Army and Sir Alfred Cope and Lt. Brind representing the British Imperial Government Forces, to enable the terms of the "Anglo - Irish Truce" to be worked out.

July 10th: Cathal Brugha and Robert Barton brought a telegram to Eammon de Valera the Priomh Aure of the 2nd Dail Eireann from David Lloyd - George the British Imperial Coalition Prime Minister who wanted to fix a date for a "meeting" to discuss the "Anglo - Irish Truce," to which he sent a reply that he would be in London on the next Thursday.

July 11th: The "Anglo - Irish Truce" began, which was to last 6 months before any final conclusions were to be actually reached after a series of "Conferences" were to be held in London with the British Imperial Coalition Government who were still under the control of David Lloyd - George while the casualties in regard to the "Anglo - Irish War" now stood at British Imperial Government forces 600 "killed" and 1,200 "wounded," while the Irish had lost 752 "killed" and 866 "wounded." 

July 12th: Eamonn de Valera the Priomh Aire of the 2nd Dail Eireann took Arthur Griffith, Austin Stack , Robert Barton, Dr. and Mrs. Farnan, Kathleen O Connell and Erskine Childers over with him to London to begin the "Anglo - Irish Truce" negotiations with the British Imperial Government who now wanted Ireland to "remain" in the British Imperial Empire, with no coercion of the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province in which there where now an Irish Catholic "minority" of 1/3rd, that had been by now "handed over" to the control of the Ascendancy "Official" Unionists, to do with as they liked, in their own ancient territory there to be known under British Law as Northern Ireland.

July 14th: Eamonn de Valera the Priomh Aire of the 2nd Dail Eireann had a private meeting with David Lloyd - George the British Imperial Coalition Prime Minister who tried to impress on him the Military "might" of the British Imperial Empire, and that Ireland should accept "Dominion" status, but Eamonn de Valera stood firm for Irish Self - Determination.

July 18th: The Irish 2nd Dail Eireann and British Coalition Government delegates held their "second" meeting where the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province  from Ireland by the British Imperial Government were discussed, and the matter of a Saorstat / Irish Free State, which David Lloyd - George the British Imperial Prime Minister "accepted" instead of the word, Poblacht / Republic.

July 19th: James Craig the leader of the "Official" Unionists put forward the argument that the 6 Irish Catholic "minority" Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, and the whole 32 Counties of Ireland should be able to have Self - Determination too after meeting with David Lloyd - George the British Imperial Coalition Prime Minister and Eamonn de Valera the Priomh Aire of the 2nd Dail Eireann could see no purpose in pursuing the matter any further and he wrote to Michael Collins informing him to be "prepared" for a breakdown in the "Truce" negotiations, who advised him in return that the British Imperial Government were already "preparing" for that particular outcome in Ireland.

July 20th: David Lloyd - George on behalf of the British Imperial Government then put forward proposals for an Irish "settlement" stating that he would be willing to grant "Dominion" status to Ireland, subject to various "qualifying" clauses to suite the British Imperial Government, and Eamonn de Valera also met with the other Irish Dail Eireann delegates to discuss this proposition further. 

July 21st: The Irish Dail nEireann delegates then "rejected" the proposal of "Dominion" status only, at the next meeting with David Lloyd - George the British Imperial Coalition Prime Minister who then "threatened" them that he would continue on with the "Anglo - Irish War" in Ireland while informing Eamonn de Valera that he alone would be responsible, who then replied," No, you will be the aggressor" so David Lloyd - George the British Prime Minister in further "Imperialistic" fashion then informed him that he could put a single British soldier into Ireland for every Irishman, every Irishwoman and every Irish child who lived, to which Eamonn de Valera replied, "You would have to keep them there." David Lloyd - George then said that he would "publish" his proposals for all the Irish population to see what was on "offer," but Eamonn de Valera got him to agree to a further extended "Anglo - Irish Truce" instead so that he could discuss the British Imperial Government's proposals with all of the members of the 2nd Dail Eireann / Irsh Assembly, but the discussions with David Lloyd - George had lasted over a week, and by now Eamonn de Valera was "well aware" of what he would or would not really "accept," and he was to act later on, on this knowledge, to suite "his own" particular agenda. 

     While in England, Eamonn de Valera the Priomh Aire of the 2nd Dail Eireann through the intercession of General Smuts the Prime Minister of South Africa had tried once again to have a meeting with Sir James Craig the "Official" Unionist leader in the 6 Catholic "minority" Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, but he once again "refused" to meet with him, so the Irish Dail Eireann delegation then returned to Ireland.

July 25th: Eamonn de Valera on returning to Ireland only advised the 2nd Dail Eireann Ministers in the Irish Cabinet of David Lloyd - George's proposals, and the D.T. members of the elected 2nd Dail Eireann were not involved at all, and besides this he also "drafted" a new proposal of his "own" based on a principle of "External Association" of which the Dail Eireann Irish Cabinet was not the "least" interested in, as it was "not" actually clear what he was really trying to put forward.

July 27th: The 2nd Dail Eireann Cabinet Ministers met again, where Eammon de Valera put forward his new "External Association Theory" with the Commonwealth of Nations, where Ireland would still not actually be a member, as the Commonwealth members would be in the inner circle and Ireland would be attached "outside" the circle.

      Sir Edward Carson the previous leader of the "Official" Unionists scolded Austen Chamberlain stating that he was "unworthy" of his father, and he in reply retorted that he was tired of the "Troubles" in Ireland and even more so of those in the Ulster Province. David Lloyd - George and Sir Edward Carson had hoped eventually for "reunion" of the 32 Countiesof Ireland. Winston Churchill, as the British Imperial Colonial Secretary, was to eventually bring Michael Collins and the new "Official" Unionist leader, Sir James Craig together for a meeting. 

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