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fed and consequently badly educated. "
Only the remnants of the peace party of 1885 were
left, a few Itonconforaista, peace societies and the
Liberal Forwards, whose president was G. W. E. Russell, and
who called on Liberal to evert war.
(2)
(1)
Byndman
commented accurately, "Wholesale alaughtoringe and
annexations conquests avowedly for conquest, sake, which thirty
years ago would have aroused bitter and determined protests
from Englishmen of all classes who could have made themcelveo
felt, have passed almost without notice except from
Socialists and from a few belated survivors from a
period when Radicalism meant something more than the
caucusito grab and aneakery of today. "
Some of the Liberal opposition had melted away
oven nince 1896. In the fiouso of Coi onf debate on the
Sudan on 24th Februarar 1899 9 Edward Grog H. P. for Barwick
and Inder-Secretary for Foroirn Affairs in the last Liberal
administrations announced that though he had voted with
Morley in 1896, he intended to vote with the Government
(1) fZoy noldn fl np pn , 11th December 1898.
(2) E,,,
chos 25th & 27th October 1898.
(3) Junes, 15th October 1898.
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