MOREL, Edmund Dene, 1873-1924, MP 1883-1957

Union of Democratic Control

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Founded Nov. 1914 in London, England by an alliance of radical Liberal Party and Independent Labour Party members, to protest Britain's decision to enter World War I; founders were E.D. Morel, Norman Angell, J. Ramsay MacDonald, and Charles Trevelyan; lobbied for democratic control over British foreign policy, the abolition of industrial and military armaments and conscription, the promotion of free trade, the self-determination of peoples, and the development of the League of Nations; became a ...

West Africa, newspaper

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West African Mail, newspaper

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Congo reform association

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Morel, E.D. (Edmund Dene), 1873-1924

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Edmund Dene Morel, 1873-1924, was educated in Eastbourne but moved to Liverpool in 1891. Forced to leave school at the age of 15 due to his mother's financial difficulties, Morel worked as a clerk for the shipping firm Elder Dempster, and supplemented his income with part-time journalism. Many of the articles that Morel wrote related to stories from visitors to the shipping office, including material on British trade in Africa. Morel became concerned about the consequences of such trade for Afri...

African Mail, newspaper

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