HC Deb 09 June 1882 vol 270 cc664-5
LORD EUSTACE CECIL

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether, in view of the very menacing attitude adopted by the military party in Egypt, according to the latest accounts, effective measures have been taken to protect the Khedive from personal violence?

SIR CHARLES W. DILKE

It is the opinion of Her Majesty's Government that the Khedive, whose conduct has been perfectly straightforward and courageous, is entitled to the full support of ourselves, of Europe, and the Porte. Her Majesty's Government would be sorry to acknowledge the possibility of such an outrage as personal violence to His Highness, and, in point of fact, they do not apprehend such a danger.