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Richard Temple, in an article in the Conte rnry Revue
considered that the moral ascendency of the British in
India would be very much weakened by the humiliation
Britain had suffered in the Sudan, - the image of British
strength and authority would be shattered.
The Liberal preaaaubscribed to ^: uch the same view, "... the
fall of Khartoum may have a serious and far extending
effect on the the whole of our dealiuFn with the Oriental
races just now, "
(2)
(1)
But when the feared Moslem explosion
(lid not occur, and even Egypt was relatively safe from
the Mahdi, these comments lost much of their validity.
There was of course an indigent Conservative rush
to blame the Government for the Gordon debacle. A number of
Conservative Clubs sent resolutions strencing disgrace nd
hum 1iation=
(3)
one from Leicester Conservative Club
is typical, expressing ".. strongest censure of, and
contempt for, the vacillating policy which has brouCht
............
(1) Contemtornr' Review1 march 1885, pra. 3O4-314, Sir Richard
emplo s "The D1abdi and British India. "
(2) Daily Newa, 6th February 1885,
(3) See Scotsman 7th February 1885. En lnnd 14th February 1885.
Salisbury Y155. g/. 6 letter book 1881-7, ite a 146,148
153.
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