The Oxford Union's overwhelming vote against the proposal to expunge
its now notorious resolution from the minute books was no doubt a judgement on the folly of the non-resident Oxford men who engineered it rather than on the original resolution itself. But simul- taneously comes the news that the Manchester Union has carried a resolution identical with the Oxford one (" That this House will not in any circumstances fight for its King and Country ") by 871 votes to 196. It is idle to' suggest that there is no significance in all this. It reveals the existence of a very real sentiment in the minds of, at any rate, an important section of the youth of the country. If similar sections of the youth of other countries held like views, war would be abolished in the best of all possible ways, by the refusal of public opinion to countenance it. * * * *
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