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in Egypt. A few buninessmcn wrote the Foreign Office
anxious letters about their Egyptian property$
some$ like John Hatthewoon of the Midland Engineering
t1) and
Company, hold the Government responsible for damage to
their goods and asked for cotpon$ation.
(2)
The attitude
of refugees who had soon-kheir proporty destroyed by the
rioto, was especially hostile towards the Arabioto, "If
they lot the Arabs offs especially Arabi Iitsha1..,. without
hanging a lot of them, it will be one of the rreatont
rzictaIe they can make... " (3)
The holders of Egyptian bonds of couroe favoured
intervention, and thought that the Governtent was obligated
to coo that they did not lose financially They claimed
that their bonds had been purchased on the anounption that
the Anglo-French control would be effective, - "I bought my
bonds cabby upon the faith of Rar Majesty's Government
having taken financial matters in Egypt under their
superintendence, and I Leal that I (in common with many
others) have a strong claim upon our Qovernmont to coo that
1 1lAI AI 1 A
(i) See lottern in F. 0, ? 8/3k7M34?? 13
17 Egypt domestic and
variouoy op cit.
(2) kso, `28/3470, op ait, John Iiatthowsoa to P . O. 22nd June 1882.
{3i Lbid1 Rofugec to P. O. 27th June W2.