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Show EGYPTIAN BOYCOTT MAY PROVE SERIOUS ! ALEXANDRIA, Egypt Feb. 25. (By the Associated Press) In declar- Ing a boycott against all goods of !'Lfl English manufacture, the Egyptians Ljul have adopted the laetles of tho Nation- "jS allsts of India. They have heard that the Indian. have been successful in I? their attempt to boycott British goods f and are endeavoring to use the same I' means to bring the British government F to terms- H As yet the extent of the boycott Is tj not, clear However, many Egyptian r.j merchants are oow refusing to buy YM English goods nnd salesmen culling on fl Egyptian customers arc promptly told f j that he wishes no quotations on such ' i But the great majority of Importers and exporters are foreigners who de- I j sire to continue to buy and sell in the E bast markets. HI If the Egyptians are able to hold to- i gether on the boycott program and forci th- Importers to no longer deal j., in English cotton piece goods. Iron I BBUlt niay b? U serious for English factories in Lan- I Vj cashlre und Birmingham. I H British banks are Included In the H boycott It is stated that consider- I able sums of money have been with- I H drawn from English banks in Egpt I H und placed in other foreign banks. 9 H School boys bays boycotted the H schools and the native bar association jj H voted to suspend all work. f H It has " 1 n proposed also to restrict I H the cultivation of Egyptian cotton. I ,H which would be of interest to tho cot- I JsV ton growers of the United States. It JBJ has even been suggested that the laal Egyptians should refuse to export on- Sh1 ions to England which now takes $0 per cent Of the Egyptian crop IHH Certain members of the Effendi class ILI Egyptians o' leisure, have announced that they would cease to drink Eng- HH llsh whisky and refuse to wear short- iHH cropped mustaches as the English do. IRfl Win. nis other boycotting plans have idHI been proposed. HH oo MFaM |