Original sentence: David Lloyd George, the British Prime Minister at the time found himself under increasing political pressure to try and salvage something from the situation.The actual split was over symbols: could the Irish Republic be dissolved.The major shift occurred in 1917-18 with the Conscription Crisis, when Britain tried to impose conscription on Ireland to boost its World War One war effort.Though republican history often claimed that the Rising and its leaders had public support, in reality there were widespread calls for the execution of the ring-leaders, coming from the major Irish nationalist daily newspaper, the 'Irish Independent' and local authorities
Edited sentence: Lloyd George, the British Prime Minister at the time found himself under increasing political pressure to try and salvage something from the situation.The actual split was over symbols; could the Irish Republic be dissolved.The major shift occurred in 1917-18 with the Conscription Crisis, when Britain foolishly tried to impose conscription on Ireland to boost its World War One war effort.Through republican history often claimed that the Rising and its leaders had public support, in reality there were widespread calls for the execution of the ring-leaders, coming from the major Irish nationalist daily newspaper, the 'Irish Independent' and local authorities