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on British territory. A. national memorial against
annexation was underway in July$ with shoots for
signatures avcIIable from the G. T. 'WeC6 or Conciliation
Committee. A quarter of a million si; naturoa were
confidently predicted but no list was published and no
further reference made to the memorial in the anti-war
precis. The visit of the Dutch delegates to London in
July provided the basin for a round of meetings.
One reason why peace activity was not very
cucceseful in 1900 wan the jingo sentiment of a large
section of the population. But there was also lack of
enthusiasm for peace activity among Liberale and
Nonconformists who might have boon expected to fora
the backbone of the anti-war movement. There was in
fact a great opting out by a majority of Liberals in
1900. The few who renuinod) failed to effectively
arouse public opinion.
It could not be disguised that the party in
spite of attempts to conceal the fact, was split over
Imperialism in coneral and the Doer War as a particular
(1) Itý, 19th July 1900.