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played little part in the General Election in that month.
The Radical prose certainly, thought that African affairs
were of little interest to the mace of the population and
could not compete cucceaofully for attention, with home
political The Echo thought "In most great centres of
population, the deetinien of Egypt are viewed with
comparative indifference. "
(2)
And Reynnldn flown on
Egypt and Sudan concluded "The people of England outaide the
City of London and lestminntor care 'very little about it. "
As a writer in the National Revie
+ put it - on the death
of Gordon "public opinion behaved admirably" but "public
opinion beard that the Soudanace expedition wan to be
abandonned and that the Government no longer saw any occasion
to break the power of the 4ahdi at Khartoum$ and public
opinion manifested ovary aigu of acquiescence in the change
of plan.,,
(4)
There were few protests when the troops
were withdrawn, The Gordon enthusiasm had mainly boon
5th October
4, Allen to Baronoao Burdett-Coutts,
Sou also F. A. Channing, Op rit.
(2) E chr, 16th May 1884,
ý3i Rewyno1th NowRs 2nd M; rch 18E4.
(Li) tdntionn1 IIoview. July 1885 v op cit, p. 660.
(1,
(3)