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150.
Liberals, though Rev. Horace Waller-") was described as
"a stauch
Conservative"
(2)
The Quaker complexion of
the Society was reflected in ito statement of alma, - it
repudiated military force in favour of diplomatic and
peaceful methods, - "To vigilantly watch for every
opportunity ofpronoting the exorciso of the diplomatic and
consular influence of England... '" (3)
But the secretary,
Charles Allen wane not averse to a more forceful attitude$-
he felt somewhat restricted by the pacifists on the committee,
writing to Cheaaon of the A. P. G. in1883, about Egypt and the
Sudan, he remarked "tle have many "Friends" in our body. Z sim
afraid I shock then sometimes f"'
(4)
Allen started an
a Liberaiif but an a result of the aovernnenttn refusal to
undertake expansion in the Sudan in i88k-5, he felt his
loyalty being eroded; on the vote of censure in February
1884, he wrote ".. though I an a staunch Liberal I quite
hope the Government will be t«rned out... it is high time
that someone who known that power entails responsibility
(1) Horace Walar, 1633.969 was a Church of England clorgyann
who went to Africa in connection with the High Church
Universities Mission in 1861. He was a friend of Livin tone
and on his return to England in 1874, boccio rector of
Twywell, Northantd.
ý2) E3 Allen to R, 11., Fowler, 29th Navouibor 1883.
ý)LO, Minute book , 18%-8
, 10th March 1882,
2124/15,0 cecretary'e correepondence, Allen to Chesnon
19th Ucceiber 1883.