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the Governmcnt'a diplomacy, but it aoemod to no that
thib wao largely due to the fact that they had hoard
only the Goveriumont'a aide, - the papera here being
violently on that aide' and an the meeting want on, they
came round more and more, thot I will not-vay that all
wore convinced. " An usual "the working men are better
than the ýshopkeopera. "
(1)
Attitudes in the Bow and Bromley bye-election at
the end of Octobers i luntrute the ways in which liberal
opinion had been modified after the outbreak of war.
The Liberal candidate was Harold Spendcrt who on 6th
October, had attempted to organico a peace meeting
under the auspices of the Liberal Association, which
had however boon broken up. Spender, though accucod
by Sydney Buxton, another London Liberal )1. P. ß of
ruining hie chances by standing an an anti-war candidates
in fact took an extremely cautious position. While
convinced that. the war had begun as a, raoult of a
diplomatic blunder and would probably retard social
reform, he hoped for a speedy success for British arms
(1) Campbell-Bannerman 1435# ADD. M,.
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