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Presnure Girour and Sudan schor tt 1885-18 6.
After the general interest died down in Ayri1 1885
two rclat: d schemes developed for the ßudon, orgcuiocd by
anti-calvary and commercial jnterocta. F. W. Fox was
bolding meetings at the hone of Forster to discuss
peaceful coerce.
(1)
But Forster also attended
meetings at the house of Baroness Burdett-Couttv,, together
with the Earl of whaftoabury, Cardinal Manning, Allen
and 1i. 14, Stanley.
(2)
It was suggested that a Company
on the linen of tho Borneo Corpany should be formed to
open markets and ouproea the slave trade.
(3)
This was
partly a revival of the Wyldo scheme of 1882, but was
turned down by the EGyptiun Government.
(4)
Attention then turned to a plan to nand an
oxpedition to the Sudan via the Congo. Jnnon Hutton
and T. F. Buxton of the A. 5.3., C. }I. 3. and a Liberal fFe
who had been concerned with the Congo agitation of 1884
(see below) were interested# It was euggented that
Stanley who had workod for the Intornational Association
to the Congo nbould load the expedition*
ý In July a mooting was
hold at
(1) Aal.: + MSS. P-52 12!, F. W. Fox to Allen, 12th Oct. 188?.
(2) Inti". Slcvory Rnport©rg May 1885.
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(5) id.
(Z) Ibid.
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n3 4, lLllon to Bcronoaa Burdott-Coutto 29th May 1885.