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Egyptian settlement had roaultod in bad relations with that
country, only mild boLrinningo in administrative reform had
boon made by Sir Evelyn Baring the Consul General in Cairo,
and the proapaota of withdrawal by British troops were vague.
Labouchero roved over to an,, unti-lmporialiat position arguing
that occupation was not nedossary for the safety of the Canal,
and claiming, "The difficult position in which we ares arrives
from not having broken entirely with the Conservative policy
in Egypta.. we Sava advice which in not taken, try to tinker
up an unprofitable financial position and make ourselves
responsible for every folly committed by a gang of corrupt
and silly Posh . The result in that we are now told that we
have a now frontier somewhere in the direction of the Equator
and that our honour in concerned etc, etc*"
(1) With the
complication of the llahdint revolt in the Sudan' the legitimate
protection of British intcreath appeared to be degenerating into
a now and disturbing policy of eeiaing territory in Africa,
with which Liberals like Labouchere could have no sympathy,
They objected to any additions to the Empire unless a watertight
cane based on national interests could be proved, and this did
not seen to exist in Egypt by 1883% and certainly not in the
(1) Chaqborlain 143S. JG 5/5b/1? ": 19, correspondence with
Labouchero, Labouchoro to Chamberlain, 15th December 1883.
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