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in 1882, was weak. Labouchore thought that the "Peace-at-all.
Price Party" numbered about twenty and estimated "perhaps halt
a dozen would vote against the ministry, it they thought the
result of the vote would be a ministerial defeat. "
was an accurate assessment, - on 27th July *only nineteen M. Pa.
voted against the notion for supply for Egypt. The Liberals
were Lawoon1 Alfred Illingworth,, Henr7 Richard# Thomas Burt,
Jesse Collings
" the radical friend of
{i)
This
Chamberlain# Woddorburn,
Samuel Storey (2M. Po for Sunderland) and T. C. Thompson (LPp for
Durham City). One Conservative voted against the Governments-
Sir Percy t1yndhaa the father of George Wyndham who disapproved
of intervention in Egypt. All the remainder of the nineteen
were Irioh k4. Pa, (2)
Lawson led the attack on the Government
contending that wo werd fighting to "grind down the people of
Egypt to obtain money fdr the bondholders of thin country....
nothing core nor loco than an efiort to pay the intereot on the
bondholdero$ coney. " He stood firmly by the principle of non.
intervention, - ".. ofor the Liberals of all people to enge in
a war to prevent people running their own affairs was simply
disCuating. "
(3)
(1) Truths 20th July 1882.
Lawson was not influenced by loyalty to the
{2) Har rd, 3rd veriec, Vol CCLXII, col. 2108, division list.
(3) lid, cola* 1705-9.
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