The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-24
ROOSEVELT DAY IN
CAIRO
IN ENTHUSIASM AND CORDIAL
ITY 1T SURPASSED THE RE-
CEPTION EVER GIVEN ANY
FOREIGN POTENTATE.

Roosevelt day in Cairo. In cordial
| ity and enthusiasm it surpassed the
| reception of any other foreigner of
the present generation. Long before
| daylight the city was iecked in
American flags and when the train
| bearing Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt
and family came in from luxor
throngs of people gave them well
come. A formal committee of the
officials of the government and Amer
lean Consul General Iddings, Mrs.
! Iddings and Miss Iddings met them,
the latter family taking them in
| motor car escorted by mounted po-
/ lice to the Shepherds hotel, where
another crowd and noisy demonstra-
tion awaited the Roosevelts. They
remain here one week. A program
of entertainments ana sight seeing
will keep them busy.
! Friends of Colonel Roosevelt need
rot be apprehensive for his safety
during his stay in Cairo, for despite
contrary reports, every precaution
has been taken by the British and
| Egyptian authorities to prevent any
annoyance during his stay in the
city, and on his visit to the pyramids
and sphynx.
Doesn't Want Protection.
So far as he is concerned the col
onel observes the same attitude of
Indifference as when he was presi-
dent. He has announced that he
does not want protection and would
not have it, but the Egyptian author
tiles have determined to provide a
secret guard, and will have him I'M
der the close surveillance of agents
| from the time of his arrival in Cairo
till his departure from Alexandria.
The British hold it would be mon
strous that he should suffer even n
slight annoyance from a crank, and
| fear it would have an injurious eff
feet on Egypt, being a reflection on
their ability to maintain peace. 1t
is realized, especially by the British,
| that the addresses made by Colonel
Roosevelt at Khartum and his OBJ
servations that Egyptian officers and
soldiers should stay out of politics,
and which he will repeat with en-
phasis at Cairo, are not calculated
to be pleasing to the nationalist
ly assassinated Boutros Pasha, the
prime minister, partly because he
was a Christian and partly because
of his approval to extend the lease
of French company in the Suez ca
nal and partly because of the ac-
tion of member of the court i'm
posing a sentence of death on five
natives charged enormously with the
murder of a British officer.
British Anxiety.
This was the first assassination of
an official that mas occurred in mod
ern Egypt, and it caused the khe-
dive and British officials to take
these extra precautions. The British
realize the precariousness Of the stu
alton, with an army of $4,000, honey
combed, according to reports, with
sedition, propagated by the nation
alists, whose slogan is Egypt for the
Egyptians.
Only few days ago the Egyptian
| officers protested in the legislative
| assembly against the continued ETY.
ranny" of England, saying they will
use force, If necessary. to terminate
1t. The English, in their usual slow
| way, are seeking to temporize, be-
lieving that the Egyptians will come
to their senses. A general review of
| the movement leads to the belief
that il it can not be arrested event
| ually the English must force.
Roosevelt's Speeches Cause Fear.
Under the circumstances, the Eng
lish are deeply apprehensive over
Roosevelt's expressions that nothing
should be done to alter the situation
The Egyptians, who have been gov
erned for 5000 years by foreigners.
and who trace their denomination to
the Persians, Greeks, Romans and
other races, exist now in a prosper
Gus and peaceful state. They have