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successes made peace activity nee= especially unpatriotic;
Channing wroto, - "In thorn wooka at the opening of the
war, strong rncction was aroused by the ctrug ,. lo in
natal. The glorious bravery of Britiah officers and
can and the Crave danger to British arms increased my
difficulties in arranging rootimga. "
The vaccuur in antiwar activity was hz?
dgod by
Stead's periodical ?
inr nrWax, which put forward
an uncompromising programs o, - "What do you want to do 7
Stop this war. Ilion 2 Ira odiutoly. Why Boca&uo we are
in the wrong:. How ? By coufeaning our sins and doing
right. " I3ot even all peace supporters were prepared
to accept this policy. The chief anti-war project
towards the end of 1699 u`au a nocorial to the queen,
which wan to be circulated # signed and rotr zond to tho
office of the i. A. P. A. -" the capo address an the
Vationai Memorial in October* It wan advertised in
War t rninrt Unr. The firnt memorial donandod an
"immediate cucpcnaion of hostilities" rootorhtion of
the status quo but with a five year frnnct'txo for
(1) T. A. Channint, Oºcit, p. 219.
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