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there were only fifty-two votes against the Government,
with two hundred and eigtheen in favour.
Zwo doubt come Liberals were disinclined to vote
against their own party for fear that this would weaken
the Governments But there had been much more Liberal
opposition to a Liberal Government in 1883, over the wer
in the Sudan. But Uganda seems to have been something
of a turning point for the Liberal attitude to Imperialism.
W. S. Blunt wrote "the question of evacuating or retaining
Uganda was one of critical importance with the Liberal
Party, for it involved the whole question of extending or
limiting British Imperial responsibilities in Africa. "
The Liberal failed to rise to the challenge of the
Imperialists, and if they were not enthusiastic for
retention they did nothing to mount a counter-agitation in
the country. The Liberal Government had shown that on
Imperial matters, its policy differod little in practice
from that of the Conservatives$ - continuity of Foreign
Policy had been achieved, The Uganda experience enabled
retentionista like Arthur Silva White of the Scottish
Geographical Society to claim, - "This is not a party
(1) tits, Blunt, AMY.
Dim ie_, o cit, p. 1000