MR. THOMAS'S POSITION
TRIBUTE FROM LORD STANLEY.
(Reuters Telegram.) LONDON, 19th May.' Mr. J. H. Thomas was elected a vicepresident of the Royal Colonial Institute at the annual meeting., A motion for the deletion of his name from the list of vice-presidents on the ground.of his connection with the general strike was withdrawn. / Lord Stanley, of Alderley, chairman; said it was true the necessary result of a general strike was in the nature of an attempted revolution, but he very much doubted whether the ordinary striker had any intention of subverting the political conditions of the country. Mr. Thomas was one of the first to sco the necessary results of the action into which national sympathy had led him. They must remember that the strike, though dangerous and lawless, was not inspired by ignoble ideals. He was not entirely lacking in sympathy with the men, whose case was admittedly hard.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 120, 21 May 1926, Page 7
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150MR. THOMAS'S POSITION Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 120, 21 May 1926, Page 7
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