k   `."System- "System gl܅O-"System--@Times New Roman--- ;2 x` cGuildhall Speech by Llyod George           2 x|c  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- 2 `McLloyd George gives speech at the Guildhall Banquet in London saying that "We                    (2 `chave murder by the      G2 (cthroat, we had to reorganise the police.          2 1c   2 6c  2 ; cWhen the      y2 `IcGovernment was ready we struck the terrorists and now the terrorists are                 .2 `ccomplaining of terror."         2 c  ---@"Calibri--------- 2 ` cMore Detail  ---  2 c  --- 2 )` cHe also sa    2 )cys   2 )c  p2 )Ccthat If it is war, they [IRA] cannot complain if we apply some of                 #2 >`cthe rules of war     h2 >>c. In war, if men come in civilian clothing behind your lines,                  }2 T`Lcarmed with murderous weapons, intending to use them in war they are dealt                      e2 i`<cwith summarily If it is war, the rules of war must apply.              2 i;c   q2 `DcOf course, despite being urged to do so by his own military, Llyod G                    2 n ceorge and      d2 `;cthe British government had consistently refused to declare                 )2 cwar against the IRA        2 c    2 `c   2 jc  +2 ocsee, for example, Apr      2 c- 2 c30   2 3c- 2 9c20/1.    2 kc   |2 `KcPakenham notes that when this speech was made and a similar one on October                  @Times New Roman---------------  2 `c9 --- 2 jcth---  2 sc  2 xc(See Oct   2 c- 2 c09   2 c- 22 c20/1) the atrocities at B        ;2  calbriggan, Trim and Mallow, for          2 `Qcinstance, were still fresh in English minds, and it was an open question whether                   |2 `Kcthe British Government were going to stop or encourage such things. Llyod                       q2 "`DcGeorge left it in doubt no longer here for the first time the weig            #2 "Qcht of a British      --- k2 7`@cGovernment comes down on the side of terrorism by the police.               ---  2 7gc  @Times New Roman---@Times New Roman------------ 2 T` cThe [London]  --- 2 TcTimes ---  2 Tc  b2 T:ccommented At the Guildhall, the Prime Minister virtually              @"Calibri--------- s2 i`Eccommitted himself to a war upon large sections of the Irish people.                ---  2 i{c  --- 2 `cComm  2 cent   2 c  --- V2 `2cIn Easter 1916 when the Irish Volunteers and the I            2 crish    2 cC  2   citizens Army    2 qc  2 vcdid   2 cwear    2 `Ocmilitary uniforms (and took up stationary positions), their prisoners were not                   2 `Rctreated as per the rules of war at the time. Instead, a number of prisoners were                     +2 `csummarily executed.         2  c  ---  2 `c  --- c2 `cBack    2 c @Times New Roman- - - c- @ !*`-   "Arial- - ccbbaa