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provocation afforded by the Alexandrian riots, and finally
denied that the Arabiste were a popular national party.
D:. lko and Chanberlain also precced for intervention.
Chamberlain noted in his diary in June "I had cone round to the
opinion that action had become inevitable* and accordingly
I joined H(artington) in pressing for active noacures.
(1)
a (2)
Dice spoke for the Government in the three day debate in the
Commons in July enphasing the route to India as the main
Crounde of intervention, claiming =oral support in Europe for
the expedition$ denouncing Arabi and assuring that the
occupation would only be temporary*
(3)
Henry Labouchere wes
one of the I adicals supporting intervention on strategic
grounds, - "For my part I have always believed that wo and we
alone ought tb be stern in Egypt, for if wo are not$ wo shall
not lone be matters in India Our supremacy on the Vila is
just an Ceogruphically necessary an that we should be Aastors
of the English Channel. " (4) Although be was a bondholder
he did not think that the money lenders should claim any
special protection, - "Our concern with Egypt begins and ends
(1) Awn dt 3rd aeries, Vol CCL%I i, col. 1576 at ooq.
(2) Chamberlain t33S. JC Diary 18CO-1692, entry for
11th Juno 1882v
(3) flanýrd, 3rd varioo, Vol CCLXIIM col. 1710 cat eecr
(4) Tr_ uth 20th July 18$2"