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Corzittce travelled to provincial ceutreo to speak at moetinrn.
The Peace Societieu wore active ntninnt tho, wer. Henry
Richard wrote indofatigab1y to tho jreso urging tho mobilisation
of public optuiong and the peace Societj seat a deputation to
ICiinborley in January*
(1)
The Jorkmon'a Peace Association
orgonined a memorial nignod by nix hundred workman which wan
procentod to the Government.
(2)
Contexporcrioo had little
doubt that the working classes were in favour of peace, though
their Liberal political attach sente night prevent them from
openly exproceing dissent from the Governnent
. The
Memorial expressed regret at having to dieerreo with the
Government# But the writor of a pamphlet on South Africa
considered "If the question were to be nettled by him (the
.
tort a snl'ca
working man) the coil of the Trancvani would be yet free of
the blood of the elain# The men who mat at the Memorial Hall
the other day to bid England stay her band were workin, S man. The
crowd who clustered round General Roberta nn he left to shoot
down the Doers last weeks were solely the Upper Ten. "
It was thought that there was a very strong feoli in ihn
countr7 a ainet tho war+ even the mathncli t Prcorders which
(1) C. C. 291/l4, Henry Richards to C. Q. 11th January 18$1
re doputation"
(2) 1+onconfornint
oncY Inderandentl 24th February 18810
(3) J. Ewing Ritchie, ZmrPrir Un in south Africa. London 1881,
p. 8.
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