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"What puzzles rye is the apparent indifierenco of the
working classes* Are they-I wonder as atricken with
war fever as the classes above than 2 Unfortunately the
condition of the press makes it impossible to find out
what opinion is,, "
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Political and industrial attitudes were the main
determining factor separating the anti-Imperialists from
the rest a long the working clams. Those who wore,
committed to Socialism or to Badicalium of an advanced
Liberal kind were generally opposed to the war; typical
of the latter variety wan a Stockport engine driver
described in a letter to Courtney; he took the jo2noldn
Pty and, supported the %iewcastlo programme,, "the Socialist
element in his creed is vague and indeterminate, " though
he believed in state ownership of railways and land
reform, To him the war "in a more cane of a big people
crushing a little one $ and his admiration of a "game"
struggle against the inevitable has led hin to call his
dog Kruger. "
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(1) Bryce Y, ias Box on South
20th December 1900.
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African Wars 5uU1y to Bryce
(2) Courtney 1,135. G. Unwin to Courtney 17th September 1900.