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bringe down tho houno. º' (1)
Only a few humanitarians
such as Falkin of the A. S. S. ` disavowed the revenge motif
on the grounds that "Pon misjudge Gordon greatly-if
they think that he would have approved of such an
idea. "
(2)
The othoi-elemont in the exultation over Omdurman
was a general loathing of the flahdists and their rule in
the Sudan. This had been promoted by sensational
descriptions of life in the Sudan, euch as Ohrwalder'a
Ten etirn' captivity in the Uahdi'e camr., and Slatin Pasha's
Fire and Sword in the Sudan, which became popular reading
clatter. These books laid heavy onphaoio on the horrors
of the Ehalifa1o rul©f - SIatin commented "'The progress of
fifty years was ruined by the Hohdi'o revolt. The Sudan
foil, back into the darkness from which philanthropy had
rescued it, Civilisation was awompod in the flood of
fanaticicz, "
(3)
He asked "... hott long shall Europe-
and Great Britain watch unaovod the outrages of the
i4) ? Tunic ilnl1 and Thontre }? gyiewy 7th October 1898.
(2) Conorary Re viow_,, November 1898, ppa, 482.. 497, R. w,
`alkin, ' The :; audan Cucetton. it
i} Glatin Pa hay Fire and nword in the Cuclnn translated by
Colonel F. R. %'ingate, London 1 97* p. 4480