British Political Ambitions and justice. He said, "The English and Egyptian officials who are in conflict with them," referring to the joint government that undertook to protect "the people." As for the nature of all that, the difference between Slatin's visit and his visit was very great, and the difference between the two situations. Cromer, the British Consul-General, visited the Sudan three times – the first in 1891, the second in 1900, and the third in 1903. He gave speeches and promised reforms, etc., because the situation in Sudan had become dire. In those speeches, he laid out programs and established regulations there, such as those for the treasuries and other matters. His speeches were a fulfillment of Gladstone's prophecy in 1877, when he said: "If we succeed in Egypt, we will go to Sudan. If we go to Sudan, we will extend our hands from the equator to South Africa and hope to form our African empire."