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British troops was an prevalent as it had been in
relation to Egypt in 1882. Even 'E. 3J, Bennett the
correspondent of the Westminster Gazette who criticized
the slaughter of the Dervish wounded was in no doubt
that the occupation of the Sudan wan d good thing, writing
"There is a mysterious law in the working of Providence
which forbids the continued existence of systems which
have ceased to subserve the cause of progress. MMahdicm
has proved the most shameful and terrible instrument of
bloodshed and oppression which the modern world has
over witneocod. i., Oaco more the arm of
Great Britain
have advanced the cause of civilization and made for
righteousness in the history of the century. "
The imago of the Sudanese as a people fighting for
independence had largely vanished, 'to be replaced by
the dominant image of a cruel and bloodthirsty gang of
Dervishes who must be exterminated or reformed
i1oUce the eulogy of Kitchener who had performed the
work of victory over evils = The ßntti t proclaimed
(1) E. N. Bennottq Tho downfall of the D? rvinhes, London 1898,
ppa. 201-2"
(1)