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in thiec, since the A, S, 5. did thrive on a steady diet of
clove trade revelations. Allen began to wonder if Egyptian
slavery would end ".. without sore foreign intervention. "
He had little sympathy with the Arabs or Egyptians, tending to
agree with another aceetujment of "The soul killing,
emasculating and polygamous institutions of tiohomr odanicm.. '"
which "must in the nature of things pass away before the
advance of Western civilization, "
(2
Allen looked on the
occupation of Igyrpt as a heaven sent opportunity to
abolish slavery; he wrote to Gordon "The war in Egypt seems
to have been a marvol of success and we ought to make good
use of our strong position... "
(3) On the other hand the
anti force po11q of the A. S.:, made him cautious in
expressing an opinign on the righte or wrongs of the
occupation, - he wrote to a correspondent, "The subject
of keeping our troops in Egypt, scarcely comes within
our province ...
(1i E3
by our charter we are bound not to
t Allen to Blunt* 21st March 1882
(2) Fortn3. ehtly 1 eviewt October 1884, Captain E. A. Do Colson,
"Tae future of the Soudan. "
(3) L-'ß 4+v Allen to Gordon f 4th October 1882.