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There never was a moment in our history when the power of England was so great 1872. Its what they want to hear. !e had" a##ording to $er%y" a &pe#uliar pleasure in

dis#ussing all sorts of foreign 'uestions.

(ur#hase of )ue* +anal shares ,187-

o +anal #onstru#ted in 18/0

o ital for trade with India

o aised 34"555"555 to %uy shares from ruler of Egypt

o $id not &have time to #lear this with the government

o 6ladstone unhappy with etra foreign entanglement

o $israeli paints it as a great triumph ,although te#hni#ally the shares" %eing

mortgaged" did not give ritain #ontrol

ulgarian 9tro#ities

o +hristians revolt against Tur:ish ;uslims" pu%li#ly endorsed %y ussia

o rutal slaughter of all +hristians" in#luding nonull s#ale of massa#res %e#ome :nown and $israeli is #aught out

o )evere mis=udgement from $israeli

$id have some support from esta%lished press

6ladstone #laimed that &there was nothing serious or sin#ere in any

of his @$israelisA utteran#e

Eastern +risis

o $israeli argued ussia should %e stopped

o 6ladstone too: opposing view

o (u%li# %a#:ed $israeli

o Bingoism we dont want to fightC%ut %y Bingo if we doCweve got the

men" weve got the ships" weve got the money too

o i#tory for ussia #reates ig ulgaria" a ussian puppet

o +ongress of erlin attempts to negate this

ig ulgaria #arved up and repla#ed %y Dittle ulgaria

ritain gets +yprus

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(ea#e with honour

Die alte Jude; das is der mann! ismar#:

9fghanistan

o In 1878" 9fghanistan seemed to %e drifting into the ussian sphere

a##epting ussian delegations %ut refusing ritish oneso Dytton" man on the spot" ordered troops into a%ul

o Early su##esses %ut #ivil war %y 1870

o 6ladstoneF the san#tity of life in the hill villages of 9fghanistanGis as

inviola%le in the eyes of 9lmighty 6od as your own

o Dengthy" protra#ted" diffi#ult and unsu##essful ritain for#ed to

withdraw

Hulus

o +auseF The Hulus. Hulus eterminated. (ea#e with Hulus.

o artle >rere provo:es +etawayo" #hief of Hulus %y ordering them to

disarm

o This fails and %y 1870 the Hulu ar had %ro:en out

o $isaster at Isandhlwana

o !eroi# defen#e at our:es $rift ,11 +s

o 6ladstone rails against &ea#onsfieldism