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Liberale in its
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, urcuance, than a demand that the war
bp stopped in mid courae The concentration camp
issue was also a ru. llyine point in the latter, port of
1900 and in 1901. It was possibly partly through the
lines of anti-Govorrn ent activity in the last eiiteen
months of the ware that the Liberal Party won able to
avoid a serious split. Modoratoe and pro-livers could
unite behind the demand for a fair settlement,
But the anti-war movement had made only a alight
izpact. It was note worthy that almost half the
exponditure of the S. T. %I, C, in 1900 convicted of printing
and advertising, and another large slice for postage.
The bulk of the work done wua by doitributing literature
printing pamphlets and leaflets - three and a half
million peicoc of literature had been diotributeä
altogether. But more positive activity in the, form of
nootinga was lareoly lacking; and much of the, propu unda
may have fallen on deaf aara.
(1 Ctop the War Committee, Report and Statement of Äccounto,
11th JAnunry to 3lst December 1900, -
£? #720 had been contributod altogether and "2,628 )pent.
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