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be firmly established from Cape Town to Cairo, which is
gloriouo news for capitalists. " And went on sardonically,
u.. whon events such as the Welch coal struggle arouse
as much attention among -workers as idealistic concoptions
about "avenging Gordon", I shall regard the London worker
with come recpoct. "
( 1)
Thin wag an admission of how
deep the enthusiasm for the conquest of the Sudan had
pervaded even the working classes. Hardie repeatedly
exhorted Socialist and trades union bodies to pace
resolutions against the impending war$ but appct ently
with little effect.
(2)
Ju tics declared "tie cannot imagine any acct of
circumstance undor which it would be worth the while of
either country to go to war about Faahoda. "
branch of the 8. D6F, took the lino that Trpcrialicn
(3) Poplar
conflicted with social reforms - the School Board "instead
of asking the children to subscribe toward, a college at
Khartoum, ought to attend to its own duties towards the
children, many of whom-are inadocuatoly housed, clothed and
(i) Labour Deader` 10th iSeptecber 1098.
(2) Yb___i1t
29th October 1898.
(3i air.,
_, ticn, 15th' Octobcr 1898.