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there was mono objection.
428,
This waa over-ruled at the
general meeting, but the Finance and General Purposes
Committee later decided not to contribute towards the
expense of a meeting, thouCh contact was to be made
with the Free Church Council, the I, L, P. and the Peace
Association.
(1)
The mooting did not take
places poecibly because wer broke out coon afterwards.
Boaidoo these examples thore in plenty of
impressionistic evidence on Liberal attitudes before
and after the outbreak of war. Frederick Harrison,
who raw the Liberal Party ideally as the personification
of Gladctonian principles urged Marley to brook away
from the leadership, - ".. You would start a now
I4idlot in canpagin and force the official Liberale to
join you. There is a splendid opening for the right
hand of the Old Mon. "
(2)
But no such revolt occurr©d1
and opposition to the war was mainly undertaken by back.
bench PH.
pcº, who had never hold ministerial position.
Thin factor may have poralyned the exertions of a number
(1) xbidf meoting of the Finance and General Purposes
Corimittoe, 9th October 1899,
(2) Frederick Harrison 153. üarrison to Morley, 31ct Augumt
1899.