Stop the War Committee

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

It was formed by William Thomas Stead in 1899^{[citation needed]}. Its president was John Clifford and prominent members included Lloyd George and Keir Hardie. The group was generally seen as pro-Boer.

[edit] See also

• Anti-war
• Opposition to the Second Boer War

[edit] References

• Biography of W.T. Stead, W.T. Stead and his "Books for the Bairns", Sally Wood-Lamont, Salvia Books, Edinburgh, 1987
• John Clifford, in A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland, John Vickers