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of "flilnor" meotinge in the north east1 ensured fifteen
pro-, Government resolutions out of twenty-one, But in
September the anti-war resolutions began coming in from
Nonconformistu, Liberals and working class groupsz. The
total numbers of resolutions began to build up in September
as well. In the first two weeks of September twenty-nine
out of forty one resolutions were against war; in the
third week, forty-two out of fifty-four l and in the last
week, sixty-threo out of ninety-ones. The flood of
resolutions reached its peak in the first eleven days of
October when there were equal numbers of pro- Government
and anti-war declarationa, - ninety-five of each.
The anti-war resolutions were thus largely a last minute
attempt to avert hostilities.
There was thus considerable aversion to the idea of
war with the Transvual,. which is hard to reconcile with
the frequently drawn picture of a nation completely
united in the. decire for Imperialist ngi; resaion,
(1) In addition to resolutions vent to the 0.0. I have
found 28 more Nonconformist resolutions. 4 quaker
renolutiono, 28 Liberal renoiutiona, and 20 extra
successful antiwar public uteotiu e, Thin totale
80 more anti-war resolutions to those in the fiien.
Even allowing for an equivalent increase in I. Z. A. A.
or Conservative meetingo, and taking into account 10
unauccecaful anti-war meetings, orgonined anti-war
opinion in still in a majority up to 11th October.
(1)