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told you that when fanatical and barbarous populations 

 are not kept tightly in hand they are certain, one day 

 or another, to indulge in the most deplorable excesses. 

 Even here there are many people who greet you with 

 respect who would tear your heart out if they dared. 

 English policy wrested the administration of Syria 

 from my father, and there will be other examples of 

 what unbridled fanaticism is capable of. But as to 

 Jeddah and Arabia, our canal will put a stop to all 

 that, and Arabia will inevitably be brought into line 

 with Europe.' 



" These very pertinent observations are worth 

 recording. 



u It may be of interest to give you some particulars 

 about what occurred at Jeddah. I have them from 

 Mdlle. Elise E veillard and from M. Emerat, who escaped 

 from the massacre, though they were very severely 

 maltreated, and are still suffering from their wounds. 



" Five thousand rioters swooped down upon the 

 French and English consulates. The English consul 

 was literally cut to pieces, while two of his dragomans 

 and an Indian servant had their throats cut. The 

 French consul, M. Eveillard, was stabbed and hacked 

 to death ; his wife was killed by a stab in the breast, 

 after having killed one native and wounded another. 

 His daughter, while this terrible scene was being 

 enacted, had her father's head, cut open by two sabre- 

 strokes, resting against her knees; and seeing M. 

 Emerat, the chancellor of the consulate, who had 



