From the archive: Publishers of Truth

Janet Scott continues her series on the Friend and the first world war and writes about developments as the end of 1917 drew near

by Janet Scott 22nd December 2017

In December 1917 Meeting for Sufferings made a momentous decision, which would in 1918 culminate in a trial at the time of Yearly Meeting affecting the Meeting’s procedures and, more importantly, resulting in the imprisonment of three Friends. The decision was to print peace materials without sending them to the censor. Truth was Truth and could not be subject to government.