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disaster on Britinh arms, and such ignoCniniouo dingrace
upon the honour and prestige of the }3ritiah nation. "
There was no nenne of proportion amonS Conservatives, no
inkling that perhaps the defeat at Khartoum wan relatively
unimportant when set against the total toreij policy of
Britain. What was important to Conservatives wnn the load
of face involved in the fall of Khartoum.. They were highly
irritated by even a minor defeat, - they could not tolerate
anything except resounding victory. They were else highly
sensitive to foreign opinion, -a placard at Dungannon
declared "our nation in becoming a byword to the world
through the bungling
., o of the so-called G. o. H. "
speaker at iiandaworth Conservative ' orkingruen'o Club said
the Government had "dragged the flag of England through the
dust. "
(3)
At Dublin Orange Lodge a resolution was passed
saying that the Government "has disgraced and de raded
,
British Empire in ovary part of the Globe. '" (4)
(i) r . O, Leiteuter Conaervative Club to F. O. 5th
ebruary 18056
(2) The Tirea, 14th February 1885.
(3)
(4) Pnr
mdswcrth Gsazette, 22nd Coptenber 1885.
i 2lot March 1885.
(2)
( I)
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