[366] For the reasons of de Freycinet's caution, see his work, ch. iii., especially pp. 236 et seq.
[367] See, too, Gladstone's speech of July 25, 1882, in which he asserted that there was not a shred of evidence to support Arabi's claim to be the leader of a national party; also, his letter of July 14 to John Bright, quoted by Mr. Morley, Life of Gladstone, vol. iii. pp. 84-85. Probably Gladstone was misinformed.
[368] De Freycinet, op, cit. pp. 311-312.
[369] For its proceedings, see Parl. Papers, Egypt, 1882 (Conference on Egyptian Affairs).
[370] History of the Campaign in Egypt (War Office), by Col. J.F. Maurice, pp. 62-65.
[371] Life, Letters, and Diaries of General Sir Gerald Graham (1901). J.F. Maurice, op. cit. pp. 84-95.
[372] Op. cit. p. 316.
[373] It is said, however, that Arabi had warned M. de Lesseps that "the defence of Egypt requires the temporary destruction of the Canal" (Traill, England, Egypt, and the Sudan, p. 57). The status of the Canal was defined in 1885. Ibid. p. 59.
[374] Sir A. Milner, England in Egypt, p. 31.
[375] H.F. Wood, Egypt under the British, p. 59 (1896).