And the ambitions of British policy. 21 Marchand remained in Fashoda until December 11, when he left by order of his government via Abyssinia.

One of the tenets of English policy was to seek great gain with little expense. They coveted Sudan, not their share. After they had forced the Egyptians to evacuate it, but they were afraid of spending their money on this path. After they sent the Egyptian campaign led by Kitchener Pasha, they took half a million pounds from the reserve of the Debt Fund to spend on the campaign. Mr. Curzon said in a House of Commons session on March 19, 1896, "The estimation of the funds needed for this campaign is not possible, but I assure the House that the Egyptian Treasury alone will bear all these expenses." Mr. Balfour announced in the House of Commons that England's ambassadors had received instructions from their governments to inform the countries that this campaign was launched 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 countries to allow half a million pounds to be taken from the reserve of the Debt Fund for this purpose. Germany, France, and Italy agreed, while France and Russia refused. Then Mr. Balfour said, "I will not back down from our resolve. Wherever the English soldier sets foot, he remains and does not withdraw." The Egyptian shareholders, the Karnawis, brought a case before the court. The Court of Appeal, after the Court of First Instance, ruled on December 6, 1896, to return the amount to the Debt Fund. England paid Egypt 6 February 798,802 pounds with interest of 2.4 percent, not as a loan but as a current account, because it was not permissible for the Egyptian government to borrow without the consent of the countries. This amount was waived by England. On this waiver, the money was more than enough to buy the necessary equipment for the railway to Halfa, which was considered part of the Cairo to Khartoum railway. Cecil Rhodes, the owner of the project, was negotiating with the Prime Minister, Mustafa Fahmi Pasha, at that time in Cairo for the purchase of railways.