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the committee, especially about Egypt and I try to be
fair in my monthly periodical* I give no opinion about
our originally going to Egypt, but I think that being there
we ought not to have tried to act an though we were not
there, and ignored all reupannibilitiea... l look on the
Alahdila war as a slave trade war.... Still we never advocate
putting down the alavo trade by force. doping you will
not clans us with those who cry out for war. " ýý}
The A. S. S, came out much more openly in favour of
the occupation of the Sudan in 1885. They naturally shared
in the general horror at the fall, of Khartoum horace
Waller . preaching a sermon on Gordon on 22nd Fobrurary,
wondered, " "What will England do 7 Rise to be the helper of
Gordon'a, of ßod'o "poor people", or, when the nine days
wonder in over, sink back and say within horeelf, "these
thingo are no concern of ours"? But God forbid that even
the semblance of an approach to politico should be made
by no in this your parish pulpit.
" (2}
But it was impossible
for the A. SS, not to become involved in politico on this
occasion. Allen hold the amoral Conoarvative view that
(1) Ibid.
(2) tir; invery Thnorter. April 1885"
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