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from the quaker Sturge and Pease families. The Workaae,
t
Pence Asnociation was organised by Thomas Burt, %J. Cromer and
Howard Evans, The youngest of the three pence societies was
the Intornational Arbitration and Peace Association, forr od in
1881; it included Liberals suchac G. B. Clark and Iiodgaon
Pratt and had links with European peace organisations.
In Birmingham the local peace society t
the Midlands
Arbitration Union, hold a meeting against the war in June.
It had contacts with local Liberals, - Arthur O'Neill one of
its members was also the secretary of the Birmingham Reform
League which sent a resolution to the Forcign Office in
October, urging calf-governmont for Egypt.
(2)
A meeting
was hold on Eth August presided over by Joseph Sturgo and
nnttondod by some Liberals; the Borough Coroner sent a letter
describing the war as "unjust, cowardly and wicked. " (3)
The Manchester and Liverpool Peace Societies sent
in anti-war resolutions,
(1)
(4)
and Derby branch of the
, F. 8 34"O ICypt,
sI
domestic and varioun, June 18¬2,
t idlondo Arbitration Union to P. O. 30th June 1882.
(2) P. O. 78/3478. Egypt, domentic and vurioua, October 1882,
birrningbrm Idofor t League to F. O. 19th October 18820
(3) 13irrinrh am Unit Pont, 9th AuUuot 1882.
(4) P. O. 78134711 Egypt, domoatic and various, lot. -kith July 1882,
Manchester Peace Society to F. O. 6th July 1882.
F. 0,, 78fß+7o, op cit, Liverpool Pence Society to F. O. 10th Juno
882.
(1)