The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-06
GREY TALKS EGYPT
sENsATTONAL SPEECH IN THE
 HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The Foreign Secretary Declares Ate tacks on the British Are Deiib- crate Manifestations of
 Fauatfcal Spirit.

--o~--~~-- London. July 5.--Parliament and the
 country were given a surprise tonight Grey, the foreign secretary. on the situation in Egypt
 An interesting debate on foreign af- fairs had been anticipated when the House of Commons took up the foreign estimates. but on account of Russia and the Congo rather han Egypt. All other subjects. however. were tenn porarily forgotten when the house realized the momentous character of Sir Edward Greys deliverance as re- garded Egypt. Speaking in a solemn tone and amid tense silence the minis
 ter declared that the attacks or the f British at Tan Tab were not accidental bue deliberate manifestation of the fanatical spirit which had necessitat- ed the strengthening of the garrison in Egypt and declared that unless the au- thority of Lord Cromer and tho Egyp- f tian government Is strongly upheld 1t might lead to q situation requiring tn 2 adoption of stern measures. The mat ter came up during the consideration of the foreign estimates by the house Several member offered criticism and especially urged that a fleet be no. sent to Cronstadt.
 John Dillon, nationalist. strongly denounced what he termed the brutal barbarism of floggings and executions l ir Egypt. accusing Sir Edward Grey.
 the foreign secretary. of desire to | cloak the affair.
 Sir Edward in a general reply stat ed that all foreign relations were l friendly. With regard to the Egyptian | affair, he accepted full responsibility l and pointed out that danger might ac- crue when dealing with Eastern peop- pies through discussion of this kind I .~rk N.1 x<. ~.F1 %s. | the great growth of 'fanatica1 feeling I in Egypt and throughout North Afri- Lea recently which might necessltate even further measures to protect Eu- ropesns in Egypt and speaking In a
 solemn manner. he said:
 "As things are now, say deliberate | 1y and with a full sense of responsi- 1 bifity. that if parliament does anything at this moment to weaken or destroy the authority of the Egyptian govern n1ent you will come face to face with a very serious situation: for. should l fanaticism get the better of constitut- ed authority, there might arise the ne- cessity for extreme measures"
 | Dealing with the Congo question. the | Foreign Secretary said he distrusted l the proposed reforms because the sys- l tenn was wrong. He disliked trading companies and believed the root of the
 whole mischief was in the system under l which the State itself was trading icompany and monopoly. The compa- lnies held administrative power. If oth-
 CT powers would join Great Britain In | insisting on reform. the Government would welcome them. If the Congo
 State talked of It's rights. Sir Edward said, Great Britain also had rights. The l question of the reservation of enorm. ous areas for private property must
 be dealt with and if any dispute arose there was The Hague tribunal
 I He believed if would be beneficial tc resume British consular jurisdiction but 1t would be discouraginE Belgium from taking over the Congo Govern ment and he therefore thought tht Government should walt; but they could not walt forever.
 | In regard to the proposed visit of a French fleet to Cronstadt. the Secre- | tary said he felt assured that the cen-
 tral Government of Russia was neither aware of nor had conhived at the re-
 cent unfortunate occurrences. No in- | reference from the outside would strengthen a reform party but rather reactionaries or revolutionists.
 As British fleet was in the Baltic
 last year and had not visited Russian I ports, it would be remarkable if 8 fleet should not do so this year. He hoped the usual civillties would be ob- served. The fleet would go entirely without reference 10 Russian Internal affairs. s3 ].