The meeting organized by a joint Committee of the British
National Protest and the Howard Association to urge the granting of an amnesty to the political prisoners in Portugal was held yesterday week at the Westminster Palace Hotel. In the absence of Lord Lytton the chair was taken by Mr. Philip Morrell, M.P., who explained that they were animated by no spirit of hostility to Portugal or the Republic, but were met to protest against the condition of affairs still prevailing. He pointed out that a strict Press censorship, still maintained, created a had impression. Evidence collected on all hands, including that furnished by friends of Portugal, confirmed the impressions derived from personal inspection of the prisoners by Adeline Duchess of Bedford and Mr. Philip Gibbs, both of whom subsequently described their experiences. A resolution was unanimously passed urging the granting of a general amnesty to all Portuguese political prisoners, Royalist, Republican, Socialist, and Syndicalist.
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