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the Government were to blame for Gordou*s death by
their delay in sending the r'eacue expedition.
Ue could also not help hoping that the A. S. S. might benefit
from the Gordon enthusiasm and popular interest in the
Sudan,
(2)
Gordon Memorial Fund.
and the A. S. S. asked for a donation from the
(3)
The A. 5. i* c paign was dlrectod towards support
for the Suakin-Berber railway, the same line proposed by
W'yldo in 1882, and which the Government now intended to
build. A resolution in savour of=the railway was sent to
Oranvifle;
(4)
(1)
even when the Government abandonned the
scheme, the A. 5 «S. urged that the plant should remain
at Suakin,
(5)
Their attitude implied support for the
retention of at leact the eastern part of the Sudan.
Allen was in trouble with the peace party again,
he wrote to a friend in India, "I have been obliged to be
careful in writing of the Soudan, lost I should offend the
(1) E3 4' Allon to Gonda. O'31oi11,26th February 1885,
(2) I1
(3) 1 4f Allen to Baronoan Burdett-Couttu, 25th February 1885,
(4) E' lot Minutes of meoting hold on 6th March 188ß.
(5) Ibi4, Minutan of meeting held lot Hay 1885.