The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-23
TIE ENGLISH RULE OF EGYPT
CAIRO GEOBE TROTTER ON THE
SPIRIT OF NITION iLISH.

y. NbrlItna says Roosevelt Made . Grave
Mistake n His speeches In EKyp'
EnElansi's Promises and the NAy
That nation DOHErs keeping Them,
= Abalhna 81 Cairo who SAYS he il
Fgypt's only gluh" trutt.r and who u
on his way To Chattanooga. Tenn. 10 see
a sou Who IL married 10 au American and
IN business there Vas al the Brrshn
yesterday and sud that the Egyptian
people had been sor-ly disappointed at
the outcome of col Roosevelt visit a.
Cairo
MIR Abellinn Who - an Egyptian. = a
Roman Catholic hy religion aud '"arncI
English at Ia" mission school az CAIRO
A. the time Of the war 81 I>Na he Was
interpreter to Ma" army II ,CcupatIun
and Witnessed IA" homhir,imrut 81 Cairo.
He was also with lord WulS'.lt.y AZ III.
hattie of Tel 81 k-blr Mr. Ab"llina
says that he ha- been 900 every country IN
the world
In Egypt -aId Nr Ah.lIua Yesterday
we looked upon cot Kpu-.y"it - ih.. sort
OF man who could not make mistakes
Judging from ms uuw famous address
in Cairo ws brlrye that h" had been 80
we'll treit"d by the English officers and
people Sho were his hosts ON the way
there that II" thought h- ought 20 do
something to return their hospitality
We were expecting To- hear something from
him ~ the way Of encouragement How
ON earth could "a man who had uust come
Ia tn" country SCI himself up rightly ~ "A
Judge If Affairs there.
Why should not ElyTi have lnde-
pendenCe Il u wishes ~. ID j. thu, OLDEST
country on N" earth Mind you | am
not advocating Independence uow Ing
land has done a great deal II good for
Egypt and personally | should like To- nave
the English stay there for another twenty
i've years. Egypt ~ prugrr-siug and
developing and our Young men ar" beng
trained N the various professions m the
European schools and universities BIt
In support OF IN" Nationalist view which
seams To appeal to MIR Roosevelt NOR.
when he ~ AZ home than abroad the fact
remains that when IN gland took over thu.
task IT reforming IN" country and
Eirengt henlng IN" kh-dIval authority IN
1852 the promi-" was gwen that A. soon
as this was a,rpmpi Ish'd ~" would get
oIt Of the country Vow . ~ feared.
and with apparent reason. that England
has no such intention Egypt has h.aCome
too valuable The Nationalist are in
creasInR IN numh"rs and influence"
him a. the greatest man II he day. In
FACT, We were calling INN the Napoleon
OF the day. some dav h" viii Ses that
his sJeech In Cairo was "A mistake
The effect az the revolution IN Turkey.
which il our zIZsraiu. has bsen marked
in Egypt and throughout n" r,rki-h
dominons in m" Fast Tn. rayuIIt ION
Opened The eye- Il the natives to the
possibilities Of he fI'ure, and he pro-
mulgaiion of tn constitution has done a
loT Il good
ON. great need in Egypt i more water
The great dam a. A--pUan benefits only
| pper Egyp' Their" should IN. "A grpat
market IN Egypt for American machinery.
especially pump for lrugatlng, and for
agricultural implements The territory
has not been tapp-d by american mann
taCturers. Then Their" - Eu'a' need e
an American hank m cairo An cnor-
nous number ot American tourists 60 10
cairo each year. and the trade i.'tWeen
this country and EgyP' L. increasing
Egypt IL he gateway 'o m" Ea-' 10y he
old route. and u ~ going 10 play ainnrr
important part in h" worlds AFFAIRS
som" day. Meantime II l. developing
fast a. an agricultural countrv and
American manufacturer ought 10 reap
some ~ the benefits that come ont Of an
increasing demand for modern machinery
1T - pity that mora EgyptIa do
not travel IL would do them good 30 -"
how The various colonies IT the world
are governed T. would H. a great ohject
iessOn for hem 90 -as ~" cont ras' u"t W'"u
the generous treatinen' Il he Philippines
nv the United states and the waV m
which Nhe English tho French and IN"
&c rmans deal with the oOuntri mat ~.
under them. But Won must understand
added MIR Ahelina with ~ml" that
the position 81 England m EgyW i simply
Ot an advisory Cauarity. and b"~ites We
paw tribute ~ something hs" Sl-s.uD
or son 90 every year 90 Turkey. -p that
We arr by no means a colony II English
But he English want 10 STAY IN ia. Cuuu-
Try just tho same