Stop the War Committee

Stop the War Committee

The Stop the War Committee was an anti-war organisation which opposed the Second Boer War.

It was formed by William Thomas Stead in 1899Fact|date=February 2007. Its president was John Clifford and prominent members included Lloyd George and Keir Hardie. The group was generally seen as pro-Boer.

ee also

*Anti-war
*Opposition to the Second Boer War

References

* [http://www.attackingthedevil.co.uk/worksabout/bairns.php Biography of W.T. Stead] , W.T. Stead and his "Books for the Bairns", Sally Wood-Lamont, Salvia Books, Edinburgh, 1987
* [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REclifford.htm John Clifford] , in A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland, John Vickers


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