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etelwurtn" only seventeen Liberals were present out of
twenty-seven invited.
(I)
Leaving aside the email
group of implacably anti. wur"Liberale, the remainder
foil into two categories, - those who could be described
as Liberal Imperialists and whose views on South Africa
differed little from those of Conservatives, and those
who wore shaken by the Boor ultimatum into agreeing that
the Boers must be defeated and, who were also anxious to
disguise the splits in the Liberal Party; many Liberals
no doubt were prepared to stifle their mistrust of
Imperialist foreign policy for the sake of unanimity in
tho Liberal Party.
Both Wilson and addicon juotifying their opinions
to their constituents were caroful to take a moderate lino1
not only denying that they worn pro-I3oora but not
advocating peace until the Boors had at least been driven
back into thoir own territory,
(2)
iladdicon went
further towordo the imperialist position than Wilson by
declaring that no cottlemont chould bo rccchcd until the
C1) M, D. 2521.
(2) MjD, 25009 &t -M. 252 " printed account of Naddioon'a
meeting at I3urnrronvo Vestry Hall, 21ot November 1899.
M«n 2ä2O, printed account of %Jilcon'c speech to Uolmfirth
iv sional
Council at Ponistone on 20th January 1900"