| Main Performers | Mr Arthur Henderson (Labour candidate for Leicester),
Mr George Lansbury MP,
Mr John Bromley (Labour candidate for Atterclifffe, secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen),
Mr A G Cameron (Chairman National Labour Party),
Mr Frank Hodges,
Mr Arthur Greenwood,
Miss Margaret Bondfield - speakers |
| Set List | Labour 'hymns' including 'The Red Flag' (audience),
Speeches,
Resolution - passed demanding a judicial inquiry into the question of reprisals, and an attempt at negotiation and settlement of the Irish question by the method urged by the Labour Party Congress last November. |
| Performance Notes | A meeting to hear first-hand accounts of the state of affairs in Ireland from members of the Labour Commission who had visited the country on a tour to investigate outrages and atrocities.
Mrs Charlotte Despard was seated on the platform.
"The Labour Party's campaign against reprisals in Ireland ended last night in a demonstration at the Albert Hall. Mr Lansbury presided, and was supported by Mr J Bromley, Mr A G Cameron, Mr Frank Hodges, Mr Arthur Greenwood, and Miss Margaret Bondfield. A resolution was passed demanding an immediate judicial enquiry into reprisals, the withdrawal of all armed forces from Ireland, and the election of an Irish Constiuent assembly to draft an Irish constitution, subject to the protection of minorities, and the prevention of Ireland becoming a navel and military menace to Britain."
(The Times, 16 February 1921) |