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331"<br />

The ¬'rriva1 <strong>of</strong> Jinro lmperialiRra.<br />

The dßvelopront <strong>of</strong> Jinroinm 1895-1£97<br />

Alongside jrocz ure croup hui. xniterianiam, prominent<br />

in the Central/East Africa issues, an aggressive popular<br />

Impcrislinm was developing. This bad first appeared<br />

under the term "jin<strong>go</strong>" in the anti-Russian feeling <strong>of</strong><br />

the 1870's and bad boon a noticable element in the<br />

Conservative campaign to extend the Empire into the Sudan.<br />

This arFressive attitude was not only manifest in a desire<br />

to extend the boundaries <strong>of</strong> the Empireg but in a renerol<br />

ethos <strong>of</strong> force and violence, a disregard for native rights,<br />

and an almost hysterical anta<strong>go</strong>nism to foreign nations who<br />

dared dispute any <strong>ac</strong>tion <strong>of</strong> the British Government. This type<br />

<strong>of</strong><br />

tonophobia<br />

was apparent in tvolcsley'a comz: ento on<br />

come foreign representatives in Egypt in 18 2,11 ...<br />

they<br />

won't dine at my table which will be a comfort. It would<br />

be unbearable to have a bundle <strong>of</strong> foreigners listening to<br />

all one said at every meal. "<br />

(i)<br />

The tones <strong>of</strong> forceful expansionicrn%tre seen in the<br />

(1) Lottours <strong>of</strong> Lord and L dy ! 'Jolsel 20 1211, op cit,

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