Arizona republican., 1910-06-02
The Latest Roosevelt Sensation.

turing people and telling them how to
 manage their affairs seems to have
 developed a response of decided un-
 welcome from the English people In- cidentally it has created the biggest
 sensation since his failure to meet the Pope
 MT. Roosevelt's prescription for the justification of Egypt has not only
 startled the people of the United
 Kingdom. but the capitals of all Flu
 rope. His bold proclamation that it
 is the duty of England to retain her
 grip on Egypt no doubt expressed the
 privately held views of all English
 men except the little Englanders'
 But the subject is a tender one, and
 own way. She got into Egypt through the back door, and her right to re-
 main there permanently has never been recognized by the other powers. When Egyptian finances were in a
 bad way and British holders of de- faulted Egyptian bonds were in de- spair, the British government sent
 MT. Evelyn Barring Cromer to Cairo as a commissioner on the Egyptian public debt" This was about 1877. It was the traditional case of the camel poking it's nose into the Arabs tent. Cromer began pushing himself forward as the adviser of the khedive. The other powers were willing enough that England should take financial ances. for their citizens also were holders of defaulted Egyptian bonds. By and by Cromer was made con troller-generaT' of Egyptian finances, and meanwhile British troops had been stationed in the country for the purpose of maintaining order. Later Cromer was named consult general and minister plenipotentiary to Egypt. and finally he assumed a position which was virtually that of viceroy, with the khedive a mere puppet. like the petty princes of British India This remarkable Engllshman so com pletely took over" Egypt as a Brit ish possession that as a reward for his forceful management of the situa- tiOn he was made an earl of the realm. As Earl Cromer he is today considered one of the greatest states men of the world, anS all Englishmen are proud of his work in making Egypt a practical dependency of the British empire.
 But while all this has been going on, and while the Jeurous European powers have been substantially re- conciled to the idea of England's per manent possession of Egypt, this idea has never taken the form of treaty recognition. Meantime. just as the corner of European opposition seemed to be safely turned, another embar- 'rassment developed England's busi- ness-like management of the country: the development of vast industrial en- terprises, such as ths irrigation of the Nile valley from the great Assouan dam, the peace and prosperity which have followed. together with the fos- tering of public schools. has devel- oped home rule party in Egypt an element of the natives. who, hav- ing no gratitude for what England has done for them. and having no ap- preciation of the real liberty they en- joy under British rule. are preaching the doctrine of an uprising against the ''tyrant" in order 10 make Egypt an independent nation.
 England has preferred to govern with d gloved hand, and in silence as to her ultimate purposes in Egypt. She has seen no occasion to discuss publicly the question whether at some time in the future she will withdraw from Egypt. For trese reasons MT. Roosevelt's address to the 5000 stu dents of the Egyptian national uni versity in which he scolded them for talking independence was not relished by all Englishmen. Many of them pronounced it an i'll advised speech Now that he has come out still stronger. in his Guild hall speech, in advising England to retain her hold onR Egypt, the conservative British mind is astounded. It appears from the dispatches that while about half the people of England are willing to admit the soundness of MT. Roose- velt's premises-the dividing line on this point being the line of cleavage between the two great political par all the people over there are agreed that they prefer to fry their own fish in their own way, however difficult the process. without American assistance.
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