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Some Z. il. P. members might have been influenced by this
kind of propaganda. üyndnan himself was not free from.
traces of Imperialism, -
in the 1870'e he had "believed
in the benoticfont influence of the British flag and the
glories of British rule all over the world, considering
indeed that our expansion was good alike for governors and
governed. "
t1)
By Summer 1901 the S. A. F. executive
had decided in fact that further antiwar agitation
was a waste ýof time and money and opted out of the anti-
war campaign.
war.
(2)
But in 1900 most of the S. t J, branches wore anti-
Clitheroe
f Ashton-undor"Lyuo, BirninChaui Briotol,
Leading and Edinburgh sent resolutionu approving the
official policy.
(3)
A number of branched made houno
to house distributions of the manifocto against the war*
The London branches wore especially active in halting
meetings
The I. L. P. were firmly united sgainct the ware
Koir Hardie went so far an to compairo the Boors to the
(i) Further P miniccpnces., p. 1.91,,
'(2) C Tsuzuki, 112M.
-HI nclr an ºncl ßritinh Sacialirm, London
196 9 p. 129.
(3) lint 27th January & 3rd Fobrucry 19000