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                                                                                                                                                                               1921 AD - 4 / June 

June: The British Imperial Coalition Government went ahead with their Council of Ireland, who were appointed from within their proposed, "Northern Ireland," the 6 artificially partitioned Counties from the 9 in the Ulster Province, which was now fully under the control of the Ascendancy "Official" Unionists, but no representatives were appointed from their proposed "Southern Ireland"  26 Counties election.

June 13th: General Smuts the Prime Minister of  South Africa arrived from London intending to meet with Eamonn de Valera the President of the 2nd Dail  Eireann / 2nd Irish Assembly secretly, to try and encourage him to reach a South African style agreement, similar to the one that General Smuts himself had made after the Boer War with the British Imperial Government. Contact was made for General Smuts through Eamonn Duggan who was still in Mountjoy prison in Dublin who advised Eamonn de Valera that he wanted him to make a direct approach to him personally and also put it in writing. 

June 14th: Sean Mac Eoin the Commander of the I. R.A. Longford Brigade in the north - west of Northern Leinster was charged before a British Court Martial who summarily sentenced him to death, and it was now up to Michael Collins to work out a way to save him from being executed but all attempts in the future to free him were to fail. His conviction had been brought about due to a previous attempt by an R.I.C police Inspector and 10 other R.I.C police who had tried to arrest him while he was on his own and the R.I.C - Black & Tan police Inspector had been killed. It had been an insight into his ability and respect at the time as an individual Irish Volunteer when he had been able to escape from their ambush but was later captured.

     General Smuts the Prime Minister of South Africa now contacted David Lloyd - George the British Prime Coalition Minister advising him to use the opportunity of the opening of the British Imperial Government's "Northern Ireland Stormont Parliament" composed of the 6 artificially partitioned Counties from the 9 in the Ulster Province to announce the foreshadowing of granting Dominion status in Ireland similar to what had been done in South Africa and it even included a draft of the announcement he could make.

June 22nd: David Lloyd - George, the British Imperial Coalition Prime Minister and the British Cabinet had now rearranged the geography of Ireland by artificially partitioning 6 of the 9  Counties in the Ulster Province that the previous English Ascendancy Governments had confiscated and planted on an ethnic sectarian basis with a majority of non - Catholics. Overtime with the various confiscations and the use of either death or exile this had brought about an Irish Catholic 1/ 3rd minority in this part of their own ancient territorial lands in Ulster. This ethnic and sectarian Imperialism had been carried out to appease their bruised ego and continue on with the Ascendancy, and under British Imperial Law it became known to them as "Northern Ireland" and it's Ascendancy Parliament was opened at Stormont in a Belfast suburb in Co. Antrim in the north - east of Ulster by George V. the German Saxe - Coburg King of Britain who made an appeal for Peace there. Hugh O Neill was elected as their Speaker under the 40 majority Ulster "Official" Unionists while Joseph Devlin had also been elected there as one of the minority 12 Irish Nationalist M.P.'s. All of the Catholic Irish Bishops produced a joint statement calling for all the people of Ireland, who were the actual majority, to be given the chance to choose their own government in their own Country, not one thrust on them by the British Imperial Government.

      Eamonn de Valera the President of the elected 2nd Dail Eireann / 2nd Irish Assembly was now captured at Glenvar carrying official 2nd Dail Eireann documents and taken to Bridewell were Sir Alfred Cope the British Coalition Government's Assistant Under - Secretary came to see him and had him placed in Portobello Barracks.       

June 23rd: Realising that the British Imperial Government could not negotiate with Eamonn de Valera if he was in one of their prisons Sir Alfred Cope then had to persuade the reluctant Sir Neville Mac Ready the British Coalition Government's appointed Military Commander in Chief in Ireland to release him, as David Lloyd - George the British Prime Minister had also given instructions for his immediate release as they needed him free if they were going to negotiate an Anglo - Irish Truce and eventually a settlement. He was then released and he met with Michael Collins, Cathal Brugha and Austin Stack, and he now considered that his political usefulness was at an end, as it seemed the British Government was going to allow him to go wherever he wanted, but Sean O Hegarty reminded him not to forget that the Dublin Castle's "Murder Squad" were still out and about carrying out their operations.

June 24th: In the 6 artificially partitioned Counties from the 9 in the Ulster Province the British Kings Calvary escort was blown up and 4 Unionists were killed in Newry, while a mail train was raided in the Clogher Valley, and Belfast itself was under fire and riots as the population there responded to the artificial partition of Ireland by the British Imperial Government.  David Lloyd - George the British Coalition Prime Minister was now well aware of the great loss of strength of the R.I.C. / Royal Irish Constabulary police in Ireland who they had used previously as their British watchdogs, and he now desperately wanted to improve relations with the elected members of the 2nd Dail Eireann / 2nd Irish Assembly so he invited Eamonn de Valera the President of the 2nd Dail Eireann and Sir James Craig the Ulster "Official "Unionist leader to discuss the ongoing issues in Ireland with him as per the British King's previous instructions, guaranteeing him safe conduct. Eamonn de Valera realising that he was now recognized by the British Coalition Government as the head of the 2nd Dail Eireann, who had now also "officially" gained respect, and that he was no longer the leader of rats, murderers and gunmen, as previously described by Sir Henry Wilson, now set up his office in the Mansion House in Dublin. He sent invitations to the various Ulster "Official" Unionist leaders, Sir James Craig, the Earl of Midleton, Sir Maurice Dockerell, Sir Robert H. Woods and Andrew Jameson to gage their outlook prior to meeting with David Lloyd - George the British Coalition Prime Minister believing that they all needed to be aware of their differences, which first should be adjusted on Irish soil hoping to find a common principle to exist in Ireland in Peace.  

      With the official British Imperial Government's artificial partition of Ireland into 2 separate parts, the I.R.A. began their campaign in the Ulster Province to try and bring a quick end to the partition of Ireland there and the return of the 6 Catholic minority Counties to the other 3 there and therefore to the whole 32 Counties of Ireland. The British Imperial Government at this point in time had a British Military force of 40,000 soldiers stationed in Ireland, together with the Metropolitan Police and the R.I.C. police to bolster their hold over the population in Ireland, together with the dreaded Auxiliaries who were ex - British army officers and the Black & Tans ex - British soldiers, to further enforce their Military control in Ireland.     

June 25th: Dr. Mulhern the Irish Catholic Bishop of Dromore in the Ulster Province delivered a letter to Eamonn de Valera from David Lloyd - George the British Coalition Prime Minister who advised him that he wanted to hold a Conference in London with the representatives of both the 6 artificially partitioned Counties from the 9 in Ulster and the other 26 Counties in Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster Provinces.

June 27th: Erskine Childers was arrested by the British Imperial Government forces but he was then immediately released because of the compromises to be made to bring about an Anglo - Irish Truce between the British Imperial Government and the 2nd Dail Eireann / 2nd Irish Assembly.

June 28th: The British Imperial Government's other divided "Southern Ireland," composed of the other 26 Counties, also artificially partitioned Parliament, was now also called on by the British Imperial Government to meet but only the 4 Unionists from the Trinity College, which was a Unionist stronghold there, turned up. They then had to adjourn due to the lack of numbers as it was not recognized by the majority elected members of  the political Sinn Fein Party, and this then brought more pressure to bear on David Lloyd - George the British Coalition Prime Minister, to bring about a further compromise.

      David Lloyd - George the British Imperial Coalition Prime Minister sent a letter to Eamonn de Valera that in return for a Truce all the Irish prisoners would be released, except for Sean Mac Eoin the Irish Volunteer Commander of the Longford Brigade, and Michael Collins retorted that without his release also there would be no Truce. He further inferred to those around him that the Truce must be permanent, as they all would be now out in the open for the British Imperial Government forces to recognize them and pick them off one by one, should the Truce break down. Eamonn de Valera the President of the 2nd Dail Eireann replied to David Lloyd - George that he could see no avenue for compromise if you deny the Unity of Ireland or set aside Self - Determination, and also that there would be no Truce unless Sean Mac Eoin was also released.

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