The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-17
EGYPT AND THE NATIONALITY
OgEMENT.

by we more pfononnce1 oenaut htNhue
o. the par Of the Mohammedsna Il had
been my custom to circulate very freely In
the precincts % the great AEhar tniver-
sity Ia. come and go without much tally
on the part Of the Natchmen stationed n
the principal gate OF entrance This time !
found that much greater care was taken in
examining my credentials and much less
freedom, accOrle1 me 10 feel a. home there.
~ the nrsf hh'sh I thought that this MAS
due TO the fact that my friend the late
Mutt Mohammel Abba vas no longer
alive. that another Was in his place who
knew not Joseph But ! found that tho
same defiant attitude was general IN all
places where Mohammedana ronRre agate,
and that u characterized the state OF mind
OF the educated Mohammedan native toward
the non-belisver. especially n that non
believer spoke English
This attitude 81 the native mind - fully
appreciated by thoss Who are primarily
rrspOnsible for the government Of the
country. Ia his last report Ca Sir Ed~ard
GTey the British Agent and Consul General
va Egypt. SIR Elion Gor-'. speaks very
plainly Of the inherent mistrusi- with
which every move of the Government 10
regarded. OF the foolish and unfoundsl
criticism OI the financial administration.
aud Of the abuse in the native press which
10 the inyariable result Of anv support how
ever mild or platoniC. given to the pro-
posals Of the Government After twenty
eight years OF effective guidance and tute-
lage the fact remains writ large upon the
pages Of modern Egyptian history, that the
English have not succeeded IN making their
rule accept able to large body OF Egyptians.
OF themselves persona grats TO the very
ones who have benefited most by the sys-
TEN and or,ier introduced into the land Of
tho Pharaohs and by the mateTial well
being which they now enjoy. such a re-
suit - deplorsble IN many ways. II 10
also dishesrtening TO the many we'll Ntshers
Of Egypt who NAV not he partisans Of the
extreme NBtionR;4' creed
In condemninR tho noisy shouter- OF
Egypt for the Egyptians a. demsgoRues.
and n repudiating their excessive claims a.
uniusttfed. We must he careful not to fall
into the opposite extreme and deny alto
gefher the existence Of n patriotic feeling.
Patriotism mus, from t- very nature he
an importation into every Mohammedan
country. and not a growth upon IT. own soil
For 1t 10 religious enthusiasm that binds
Mob nedsns together and that at the
same time transcends thoss bounds which
race and geographical position draw around
people Ni,h national aspirations. IL IL again
the general upheaNal Of the East against
the -pretensions- OF the West 20 look down
Ipon Oriental peoples a. OF nature inferior
and az needing tho guiding and leading
Strings Of the newer world consequent on
the japanese victory over Russia which 10
responsible for much OF the -mt.tr,ist- Of
winch Sir Eidon Gorst speaks The attempt
90 introduce cons'itut lonalism IN Persia. the
success Of the Young Turks AZ CONSTANT
nople, have naturally had their percussion
IA Egypt But must not forget that
Nationalisn. or rather tho desire for n con
stitutional form Of government. was Graded
IN Egypt many years ago Recent events
have fred the Oriental INA sInstion. IN.
fortunately. a. has heen said elsewhere
They have produced more heat than light
The beginnings OF this national conscious
ness date from about thirty odd years ago
u - significant that lts first prot asonists
we're religious leader men NerSed IN Mo.
ham m-dan religion and law. such A. Sheikh
Jamal Al-Dtn Al Afgani and MOhammed
Abdu the Mutt VITA them went such
political leaders a. Sherf Pasha. Ali Pasha
MUbaraE aad NoNHmmed Rev SAM al
Barodi The words nationalist ana ma.
> ions!iSm were probably 4uit. unEnown
TO hem ihey had no. 80 become the
shlhbols' h % party warfare These men
dteam~l of NOR" democratic form OF
government a form Of constitutions Ia m a.
opposed to m" grintlnx d-spotism under
which their country sroahad Bu' they we're
- men crying N the wilderness Mohammed
no resolute men Of deed 20 pa, into practice
> he theories winch these leaders had IN mind
srahl Pa-ha Nas perhaps the only man Of
siren = h. and 'he eneminaie revolution that
he engineered bears n striking resemblance
To recent Greek troubles ia itswant Of energy
a nd OF political foresight and Arab had be-
hind HIM no great volume NJ public opinion
upon Shich - r~~' hrs cause lie aud hi-
fellow officers had indeed Just cause for com.
nf NNa
Ru' they we're not fred by any grand bdea
and the miserable rabble called the Egyp-
Ian armv melted away at the first real
shO,k
The present Nationalist party - largely
the crsation Of the late Mustsfa KamiI. Who
With q fes. Of his associates In the columns
Of the LiEa and through public meetings
a nj professions had made noisy declama-
ton for the ousting OF knslish rule and for
the suppression Of all outside Interference
SINE h,s death the traditions Of the party
have been carried on IN the same manner
by Ahmed Ferid We have no night 20 deny
that Nu-afa KANT Nas a patriot. accord
me 10 the light that shone for him But in
the very Virulence Of hts inveCtives. in his
u~e Of inhammable language
he has proved his entire unntness TO he q
leader 81 men in circum stances as delicate
as are tho~s OF Egypt to-day. That he has
attracted q large and noisy following IL no
matter for wonder In every country
there are at all times a sufficient number OF
disrontentcd people Who are born members
of any opposition or Who for purely per
-onal reasons are agin the Government
AZ the very time at Witch | Was In Egypt
las winter the Nationalist were parad-
ing the streets for the purposs Of intimidat-
ing the members of the Legislative Council
against voting for the proposed agreement
between the SueI Canal Company and the
Egyptian Government and a. q protest
against the cold water douche gwen TO
their aspirations by MIR. Roosevelt In his
speeches al khar'um and cairo. ! VAS
:, rIck by the indifferent curios,ty with
" hich the Cairo Arab Rayed upon these
Both the manifestors and
the leaders belonged to that class Of men
the most unfortunate In the East. who have
had Sufficient European education 20 unit
them 20 remain good orientsis and not
enough to give them the poise and the re-
Il raint Of educated European NJ. the same class
that has worked 20 much harm IN India
Bat in addition to this group there 10 |
another. the Egyptian Reform or Liberal
party. With All iusuf o, hs head and the