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and converts, and the anarchy and bloodshed which it was
expected would follow withdrawal. The ras of the
Company itself wore'a complicated mixture of profit making,
expannioniam and the spread of British culture and
civilization. And in any case the Uganda issue was
presented to the public in a philanthropic light; the
public response therefore was made on largely philanthropic
grounds. Propaganda for retention stressed the non.
commercial aspects of the question. For instance Bosworth
Smith in his letters to the Times wrote "The good faith
and honour of England is a matter which comas prior to
it-S commerce,.. " The main argument against eiacuation
was that ",. tens of thousands of the inhabitants of
Uganda will be put to death the moment we retire... "
Co=erce had little to do with his view of the Empire,
"We are an Empire chiefly because we cannot help it. It
is the expansive energies of the English nation.. * which
has built up slowly the huge fabric of our Empire. "
The Acting Secretary of the Company E. L. Bentley,
published a pamphlet listing the pros and cons of reýtion
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(1) ho aonworth Bmith, Two
London 1892.
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to the Tines. pamphlet,,