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policy with loco anxiety, Courtney and l: orloy had insisted in
private lottora that we should only roscuo, and not attack the,
rebelo,.. Wolooley'a policy could be reprecented an one of
"smash and retire"... Ilartington the moot strongly proceed hie
proposals for the Suakim railroad, und wished me to''be a
member of a Cabinet Corarittoe to consider the proposal. " Ci}
By 7th March the opposition in the Cabinet to the Sudan
campaign had increased$ r'tiorthbrook and I, noon joined by
llcrcourt and Chamberlain, were in favour of stopping our
irresponsible carpaign, "' (2)
on the Afghan boundary dispute with
The necessity of concentrating
8usnia finally
determined the Ministry to call a halt in the Sudan.
After Gordon's death was canfirood, it wan in fact
pointless to continua the war, unlace a Sudan protectorate
were envinaeed and no ministry would have favoured the -
expense and trouble entailed in that suggestion.
The chance
in Liberal opinion in the fouuq of Co=one between 1882 and
1885, ß can be explained in torts of the different iaauon
involved The majority of Liberal HH9Po were not poaco-at-
rany-price advoaaton and were prepared to defend national
interacts, They agreed with the Egyptian expedition in 1882
1) Dilko S ADO. I
, 5s 42,23-2, t Political Ile abirs s 1ä85i
13th February i88 .
(2) Ibbid,, 7th March 1885.