he Suez Canal. The British for the economic reasons attached with the canal stepped in and bought out the Egyptian shares in the Canal to help cancel some of the Egyptians debts. The debts were still not able to appropriately managed and rebellion broke out because of the wretched economy and the European presence in Egypt. At this point Britain was un-encumbered as France was with major concerns about Germany decide to go in and occupy Egypt so as to ensure the canal and bring about order. Lloyd highlights his take on the situation, which is also reminiscent of Porters, Gladstone and his government were left with the problems of an acquisition that they had never intended to make, a difficulty that occurred in several other places (Lloyd p.205). When Lloyd states that this occurred in other places he is making reference to Sudan as well as other areas of Africa. Sudan is important though because with Britains occupation in Egypt so came Sudan as the Khedives had been occupying it. Potter describes in greater detail,Not only was it difficult to leave Egypt, it was also difficult to avoid being dragged in further into the Sudan, for example, where the Khedives authority was being subverted by a national religious rebellion under the mahdi, and which he Khedive desperately wanted to win back. The British government believed that Egypt could not afford such a project in her present financial state: but it was not easy to persuade the Khedive so, or the press, or public opinion in Britain (Porter, p. 95).There were difficulties involving Sudan and the Egyptian military presence there and so it did not really come under British control until 1898. The Sudan also became more important because of French activity to the west and fear that France desired to reclaim Egypt by encroaching on the Sudan and moving, north, as there became greater French hostility and resentment over the loss of Egypt and more importantly the Suez Canal to Br...
