The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
KITCHENER ID HAVE
 WORK IN EGYPT Method in England's Latest
 Foreign Move GERMANY TO BLAME Is Getting To Be Habit in England To Lay Any Threats Against
 Peace At Germany's
 Door
By PAUL LAMBETH


 ener to the government of Egypt and that his services are needed there quite as much as a great soldier as great admin istrator.
 It has become a habit in England to Hay anything which threatens the peace of integrity of the British empire to the door of Germany To those who know, the situation in Egypt is critical and needs a strong man. There is suspicion that this condition Is due to German intrigue.
 The Khedive is as anti-English as he dares to be and under the mild, conciiat- ling rule of the late Sir Eldon Gorst this was pretty anti-Egglish. His policy was regardde as weakness, and the nauonal- lists and all the anti-English element from Abbas Il. down to the humblest Ge- partmental clerk or village elder, consid- Tered themselves at liberty not only to nout the views of the English government, but also publicly to insult British officials in Egypt, and even to offer indignities to lmere English tourists That this is no ex- aggeration is shown by the murder of the Ipremier, Boutres Pasha, on account of his pro-English sympathies; by the popular rejoicings at Cairo over his death; by the difficulty experienced in bringing his as- sassin, and, above all, the instigators of the murder, to justice; and by the late Sir Eidon Gorsts own admission, in his most recent official reports presented to parliament, that his policy of conciliation had been a failure, and that a tightening of the British rein in every branch Of the Egyptian administration has become a matter of the utmost urgency. Sir Ed ward Grey has also acknowledged in the house of commons that reversal of the policy of attempting to substitute native for English officials had become 1eces- sary, and that 1t had been decided to em- phasize in a very marked manner .he British mastery of Egypt.
 There Is a reason to believe that quiet negotiations have been in progress be- tween Constantinople and Cairo looking to the substitution of Turkish for English supremacy over Egypt. The Ottoman army has, during the last two years, heen . completely reorganized, under the direc- ton of the German Field Marshal Von der Goltz and Chefket Pasha, the virtual dic- tator at Constantinople. It has been rc- armed and is a splendid fighting force ar dent to display its prowess. At Stamboul the conviction is entertained that a war with some foreign power will heal all in- ternal dissensions and divert the attan tion of the public from glaring maladmn- Iistration and failure to redeem revolu- tionary pledges. The war would be par ticularly effective in this direction, and popular well, If undertaken for the de- fense of Ottoman territory, such as Egypt. de pure, if not de facto. That Chefl,et Pasha's troops may be used to resist inc incorporation of Egypt into the British arn mir iS itn n,lNah thafs 1.f,o being sent into the field against Montene gro or Bulgaria.
 | In this connection it must be borne in mind that Teuton influence is predominant at Stamboul. that Germany Is England s lgreatest rival in the trade and strategic routes to the far Orient, her most power full competitor ,n Persia, Asia Minor, the Euphrates Valley and the Persian Gulf, and, finally, that any Turkish army in- vading Egypt to drive out the English could rely upon the assistance of the masses of the population, who would rise against the British With Kitchener In lcontrol at Cairo there will be no falteriag with the situation. He will stamp out disaffection relentlessly and above all he, more than any other Englishman, will be able to keep the Egyptian army, which Is now really effective fighting force. loyal to England.
 It was his knowledge of the situation which induced K. of K. to accept the ap- pontment.
 That Sir Wilfrid Laurier is destined tc be beaten in the Canadian parliamentary elections next month on the question o1 , reciprocity with the United States is the claim of tariff reform circles in the mid 1 lands and ultra-imperialists in London
 Tariff reformers, however, are more concerned as to the Canadian outcom, than the British imperialists, not few 0 whom are aggressive free traders. Tn, Chamberlainites are so completely de voted to their fiscal propaganda that the, I are doing all in their power to clear th, , table of all other business.
 i In commenting upon the work of thu special session of Congress a Chamber lalnite oracle assumes that the pro ! gramme of the democratic party as {, . tariffs is intended preliminary for cam ! paign uses next year rather than legisla tive embodiment inasmuch as the cease less prodding of the trusts by the repub licans has robbed the democrats of A val uable cry"
 MT. Taft, in the judgment of the sam, observer of American tendencies Is real ly firm believer in the protective prin ciple, and, if in British politics would b with the tariff reform movement.
 Conservative England is aghast at th mixed bathing at night at some of tn popular seaside resorts. and the paper ! are filled with protests from horrifie, readers
 At Blackpool the bathing vans are in IS until midnight and later. and young ladie wade and paddle and dsport themselve under the stars without restraint Graar ly daring some of the ladies staying d the boarding houses on the promennd have got into their bathing clothes in .h apartments. and sprinted across the prom enade to the water. returning from In ' midnight bath the same way Very 9rop CT people have put their hands befor their eyes and gone home to write letter to the papers. Others have simply ad mired and waited for more. For 1t mus be remembered that the Blackpoo crowd do not go early to bed. and little exhj,, tions of maidenly activity of this sort q, the promenade are always able to com mand most appreciative audience.
 Between IT. o'clock and midnight score
 of bathers may be seen nightly betwee
 Manchester terrace and Victoria bier. an
 the majority of these are ladies' many n
 whom do the sprint across the prom enade without apology to the proprieties
 And the Blackpool proprieties can h
 fierce in anger, as the following commu
 nication to the Daily Dispatch shows.
 "In the interests of decency and nor
 ality," says the correspondent, Tit is fl
 be hoped that the Blackpool authoritle will at once put d stop to the nigh
 bathing as practised in the last fey
 nights. Last night, between 10:45 am | Il .4j, I counted a score of vOunp oirl