And the ambitions of British policy. Marchand remained in Fashoda until December 11, when he left it by order of his government, via Abyssinia. Among the tenets of English policy is to seek great gain with little expense. They coveted Sudan for themselves after they had compelled the Egyptians to abandon it. But they were stingy with their money in this regard. After they sent the Egyptian campaign led by Kitchener Pasha, they took half a million pounds from the reserve of the Debt Fund to finance the campaign. Mr. Curzon said in a session of the House of Commons on March 19, 1896, "The estimated funds needed for this campaign are not small, but I assure the House that the Egyptian treasury alone will bear all these expenses." Mr. Balfour announced in the House of Commons that the ambassadors of England had received instructions from their governments to inform the powers that this campaign was not for the benefit of Egypt and that the expenses of this campaign might exceed the capacity of the Egyptian treasury. Therefore, they should persuade the powers to allow half a million pounds to be taken from the reserve of the Debt Fund for this purpose. Germany, Austria, and Italy agreed, while France and Russia refused. Then Mr. Balfour said, "We will not back down from our resolve. Wherever the English soldier sets foot, he remains and does not withdraw." The French raised the issue of Egyptian shares before the Mixed Court. The Court of Appeal, after a court of first instance, ruled on December 6, 1896, to return the amount to the Debt Fund. England provided the bank with 4 qirats, an amount of £798,802 with 2% interest, not as a loan but as a current account, because the Egyptian government is not permitted to borrow without the consent of the powers. This amount was waived by England. This waiver was based on the fact that the money was specifically for the purchase of equipment necessary for the construction of the railway at Halfa, which was considered part of the Cairo to Khartoum railway. It was as if Sir Rhodes, the owner of the project at the time, was in Cairo assisting Prime Minister Mustafa Pasha Fahmy in the purchase of the railways.