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Liberale had to be convinced that the Arabiat rebellion
had no popular support and that good government would be
established is Egypt. Arabi was roundly denounced - Granville
wrote "I do not wish for any cooprocice with Arabi. Ila in no
sense represents the national life of Egypt,, but on the
contrary he holds the Egyptian nationality by the throat. Ilia
use of the phrase "national party" is a =era prostitution of
the term. '# (1)
The fact that the rebellion had military
foundations helped to owing Liberal opinion against it, -
was considered impossible that a military coup could establish
any form of representative governoont, Radicals like L°ýonard
Courtney H. P. approved of the suppression of Arabi,
British took the place of the native Egyptians as the bearers
of denocratic government; as Chamberlain said "The duty cast
upon us as the Liberal Government of a free nation is to
recover to the Egyptian people the greatest possible
development of reprecentative institutions. `" The leading
Congregationalist clergyman J. G. iogera snared up the Liberal
case, - "That England could have folded her arme and allowed
Egypt to pursue her own course without taking any concern in
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(2) G. P. Gooch, Life of Lord Coti rtý1 London 1920, p, 124.
(3) Cbo. rabcrlain IISS. JC 7/1/3/1-7, tTetoranduzan on , Cq rt ate $
1880-1895.
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