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PAGE THE NATIONALITY MOVEMENT 258
Arabi secures English supporters — Sir William Gregi>r>- and Mr. Wilfrid Blunt — ^The cry for Egyptian nationality — Daoud Pasha
appointed Minister of War — Renewed demonstration of Arabi's troops.
THE CHAMBER OF NOTABLES 265
Convocation of Chamber of Notables — Programme of ihe Chamber — England and France protest against proj^ramnie— Joint Anglo-French note.
THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP 272
Programme of the Mahmoud Ministry — Circassian officers arrested and sentenced to deportation to the Soudan — Sentence remitted by Khedive — Deposition of Khedive threatened — Arrival of Anglo-French squadron — English and French Consuls-General demand Arabi's exile, who forthwith resigns — Army demands Arabics reinstatement as
Minister — Khedive gives way and asks for Turkish inter\*ention — Dervish Pasha sent by Sultan as Turkish commissioner.
THE MASSACRES OF ALEXANDRIA 279
Difficulty of obtaining truth about the massacres — Suspicion points to Arabi as partUcps criminis — Arabi decorated by Sultan after the massacres — France declines joining Englanil in any armed intervention,
and recalls her fleet.
THE BOMBARDMENT OF ALEXANDRIA 286
Khedive leaves Cairo for Alexandria — Difficulties of his position — Arabi orders armament of harbour forts — British Admiral demands cessation of armament as being inconsistent with safety of British fleet — Arabi refuses compliance — Bombardment commencetl and Egyptian forts silenced on the same day — Arabi withdraws army to Kafr Douar, and advises Khedive to demand a truce — Khedive placed himself under
British protection and dismisses Arabi — Chamber of Notables protests
against Arabi's dismissal and repudiates authority of the Khedive.
BRITISH INTERVENTION 293
British army sent to Egypt under Sir Garnet Wolseley — Conference at Constantinople — British Government proposes self-denying ordinance — Occupation of Suez Canal — Opposition of M. dc Lesseps.
TEL-EL-KEBIR 299
The British fleet enters the Canal — Occupation of Port Said and Ismaiiia — Battle of Tel-el-Kebir — Rapid advance on Cairo — Termina-
tion of the war.