Beesly Frederick Harrison Professor H.S.Foxwell G.H.

Darwin Professor R.
Adamson Professor G.Croom Robertson Rev.Dr.Fairbairn Professor E.Ray Lancaster Rev.R.Glover Professor Drummond Rev.J.G.Rogers Professor T.Rhys Davids Rev.J.Aldis R.H.Moncrieff Rev.Charles Beard Rev.J.
Llewellyn Davies Rev.Dr.Crosskey Rev.Dr.Abbot S.H.Vines Rev.A.
Ainger The Mayor of Birmingham Rev.Stopford A.Brooke I doubt whether such a memorial, signed by so many illustrious men, was ever before presented to a Home Secretary for the release of any prisoners.

But it made no impression on Sir William Harcourt, for the simple reason that the signatories were not politicians, but only men of genius.

As the _Weekly Dispatch_ said, "Sir William Harcourt never does the right thing when he has a chance of going wrong." The _Echo_ also "regretted" the Home Secretary's decision, while the _Pall Mall Gazette_, then under the editorship of Mr.John Morley, concluded its article on the subject by saying, "The fact remains that Mr.Foote is suffering a scandalously excessive punishment, and that the Home Office must now share the general condemnation that has hitherto been confined to the judge." On July 11 a mass meeting was held in St.James's Hall to protest against our continued imprisonment.

Despite the summer weather, the huge building was crammed with people, every inch of standing room being occupied, and thousands turned away from the doors.