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, Uuaranteo of the interoe t on the capital which would be
lent to build the railway, But when the Salisbury
ftniatry resigned in Auguot. 1892, the trite of Uganda was
ati21 not aottled.
Early in 1892Aho A. S. S. encored the agitation.
Like Egypt, they gudan,, Central Africa and NNyanoland,
the Uganda Josue had a strong anti-slavery content. Hero
in the turbulent interior, diplomatic roprenentationa
against the ý niavo trade would be useless and only British
occupation would eradicate the slave trade route, which$
the A. &. g, wore convinced$ lad from Uganda to the coact.
The A. S, S position was otrenrht+enod by the fact that
railway building was one of the romodion ouggocted at the
Brussels Anti-Slavery Conference in 1890; the Dritich
Government was one of the signatories of the Brussels Act,
which wan invoked a number of times in 1892, to justify the
bdlding of the Mocbana.. Victorin railway. The A. S. S.
ineictcnce on legitimate trade as an anti-slavery policy,
also led then to support the Company; the profitability of
trade would be an index to the decline of obavcry.
But there wore come difforencee of opinion with the
Company*, Wbon in December 1889, the Company roquootcd the