Why was Lloyd George successful in negotiating an Anglo-Irish Treaty?
1
willingness to compromise
LG's job was made easier as the Irish realised the Irish republic was too far out of reach
willing to give leeway in trade and finance
2
Irish delegation were split
mixture of Brugha/Dev/Childers-hardliners
wanted nothing less than 32 republic
De Valera absent
3
LG's tactical trickery-welsh wizard
reputation as cunning
held private talks w/ Collins + Griffith
Boundary Commission, typical of LG's tactics, knew Irish didn't want to deal w/ Law + Tories, Griffith signed + seen as naive
4
1920 Gov of Ireland Act
partition meant that the Irish would more easily accept notion of Boundary Commission
partition sold as temporary and oath adapted
Griffith + Collins
much more realistic
willing to accept dominion status
war weary
worried about threat of another war
inexperienced in comparison to British delegation
Plenipotentiaries
confusion over role
told they had authority of decision making
in reality uncertain of role-strengthened LG's position
Pressure on Delegates
heart of enemy territory-London, being watched
feared arrest/imprisonment if talks broke down
travelling took toll on them
threat of war, severe pressure to accept terms