The sun., 1910-06-29
The New PnlIcy In EpNnt.

/ The return to England in few days
II Sir ELDON GORsr. the British agent
IN Egypt and the execution of WAR
DANI. the fanatic who killed BOUTKOs
pasha the Prime Minister. arp two Incl
dents. both reported Yesterday. IN the
British struggle for supremacy on the
! Nile that NAV or NAV not be- related The
/ Government has been criticised for the
leHisRi course II administration which
Sir ELDON has pursued, and It has also
been under the necessity " explaining
ia Parliament the laXity in punishing
J the murderer of an official taksn red
handed The return of the British
agent. II Is stated. has nothing to do
with the recent rumor " his recall
and Judging from the defence of the
; Egyptian policy in the House II Com
mons bv Sir EDWARD GEFY the Gov
crnment may have no intention of
parting with his services. While this
NAV be- true, u is evident that a different
policy IL to be- adopted and that there
will be- less graufCntlon uf native
ambition for ~eli-govrrnmen' and l,-,-
attempt % satisfy the scntimentaII-t-
who believe that the country - in "a
condition "a govern itself u Is pos
sibe that the frst decisive act under
this new policy of hrmneas ls the exc
ruilon of WARDANI
The attention II England was fr>t
lorciby cali,d to the administration of
Sir EIpoN GORsT by his report thu year
lie deliberately affirmed thai the moral
responsibility for the murier ui rhs
Prime Minister rested upon the Leaders
of the Nationalist uartv. who promoted
and fomented the attacks made upon
officials by Nationalist papers with full
knowledge thar theig words must halr
f7Irt IN criminal acts On one hand hc
was blamed for making such a strong
denunclation of the Nationalist and ON
the other he was blamed fur lack ~
irmness IN dealing with q situation the
existence of which h. was veil aware
All his critics calls,i attention % the rest
less condition. which they insisted had
grown percepublv during Sir ELDoN'S
incumbenCy. They pointed put various
incidents. Sir ELDON himself had been
publicly lnsulted On the street. British
officer standing opp1st" Nhepheard's
Hotel WIS struck by a native and the
Government would not allow the culprit
20 b. detained. and two English ladies
were assaulted and beaten no the public
square by half drunken Nubian- and
the ussaIlants we're let of with one
months luxurious imprisonment. These
Incidents were directly attributed a.
a lack of frnncss and authority on
the part IT the British representatives
IL was Said that he official conduct
of Sir EIDON lacked dignity, and COM
pariS0ns we're freely drawn between his
methods and thOse of his predecessor.
Lord CRONFR. IN instance ~ this dif-
ference that caused comment was IN the
matter Of an audience with the Khedive.
Lord CRoMER invariably sent word
ahead setting the hour when h. would
arrive Promptly at that hour h.
appeared and was received hv the wait
ing khedive with proper formalitv
Sir ELpON. however. sends 20 inquire
when the Khoiigo wishes 10 receive him
Hers invarahir kept waiting and spcnds
tho time chatting and laughing with thc
officials Ioungng about
England PROGRESSES to have discovered
that IN icahUg with Oriental J,eople a
ecrtain amount ri fpnmaltv rs neces-
sary. as Orl'niaIs invariably worship
tho god Of things hat are Egypt. il is
beheved in England should not De-
difficult country 10 govern provided
the ruler Is one who knows hrs own
mind. for Il has been for thousands II
wears a subject kingdom and lts People
have learned the I'ss0n pf obedience n
their rulers They know when they have
master. and il Is master that they
require. but they arc peculiarly quick
to notice anv slack"ring of authority.
Here. according to h- critics. is where
sir Elp0N GOEsI has failed
IN ohtlining the tio, ,ornment side NJ
thr question sir EDwAFp GRFY took
the opportunity IT offending Sir ErpON
GOEsT from tho charges that had been
Ievelled against him He frankly ron
icssed that the ob iect II the Nationalist
agitation IN Egypt was ~ make British
occupation impossible and that the
Government could 20 no further 10
benefit Egypt NJ long az the agitation
continued He said.
Orrupau1u must continue more so nou thau
ever. We have gone on doing more and more