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397,
Manchester claimed to, opek for eleven thousand rorbero
and thirty-two thousand adhcrentat whilo the tkthodist
Free Church of talee repreaonted ton thoueand, neibere.
The Uonconforl ißt resolutions were very similar
in content. Many began by 8ympathi3ing with Uitlander
problems. but did not think that theao were sufficient
Justification for war* They showed little sympathy on
the other hand with Kruger or the Boers Tho influence
of the Hague Dic rm ent Conference which had just finished,
was strong; many resolution specifically mentioned
arbitration as -s, remedy for Anglo-Doer disa reementa,
and a number of others rocornronded further neCotiatioun,
diplomacy or just "peaceful means"* They did-not
analyse the economic situation in the Transvaal or the
importance of the Cold mines
(an obvious point for radical
and labour renolutiona) , or deal with the suzerainty
aspect of the whole affair. They were thus in one sense
missing the point, since the issue was not just a franchise
triovance but concerned the future of South Africa and
indirectly that of the British 1rrpire. The resolutions
roflectod the old Gladetonian principles of international