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course was a Scottish aristocrat. I'arlionent did not
meet until after war had broken out$ without the aid of
division figures it is difficult to ©ntirmato the number
of Liberal 21. Pa. tiho took an anti-war stando rrom the
expression of opinion in the conatituencien,
(1)
it is
likely that nowt of then were anti-war up to October 11th;
though with varying degrees of sympathy for the
Uitlanders.
Starcourt and Honey were the nominal leaders of the
cnti-Xmporialict aection of the Liberal Party. But
Harcourt had more or los given up active participation
in politico when he retired from the leadership in
December 1898, Porloys after his outataandingly
rhetorical Manchester anti-war opo©chi did little for
the peace p¬ rty#
ß. ßi Clark was prominent;
In the hard core of anti-Imporialiato
(2)
he took a paart arty
pro-Door line, claiming that the Uitlandoro had no
substantial complainta, - "A groat many of the people
who wont to the Transvaal thought they would find there
{1ý I have located 71 Liberal anti-war resolutions altoCotbor.
both in the 0.0, tiles and the prong.
(2) NN.
P, 6 for Caithneoa. Ho had a spacial intoroot in tho
Door case as he wan an aeant of the Transvaal in 1887,