The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-22
Great Britain Finds it Serious Max.
ter to Keep the Natives Of
Country in
Hand.
KITCHENER S NEW TITLE
Old Egyptian Proverb That He Who
Once Drinks From the Nile
Will Return
Again.
by Ed L. Keen, London Correspond
an, of the United Press.

by Ed L. Keen, London Correspond
emit OF the United Press.l
LONDON, Oct. 21.-" British agent
: and Consul General in Egypt" This is
the present official title of Lorn
Kitchener. There is much conjecture
as to how soon it will be changed to
British viceroy of Egypt"
The belief is growing that England
did not send her greatest soldier to
Egypt merely to administer the civil
affairs of that country. Scores of 9TH
er men, not field marshals nor even
generals, could have been found
equally capable of undertaking that
: duty.
), Although publicly they would doubt
less deny it with great positiveness,
the impression is prevalent that the
cabinet in sending Kitchener had in
mind the ultimate annexation Of
Egypt by England British statesmen
generally are agreed that present
conditions in Egypt are next to intol-
cradle. The country is continually in
state of ferment From the Khedive
i downward almost every native OIL
official is suspected OF intrigue
against England. Development OF the
natural resources of the country
therefore is being hampered Annexa-
ton seems to be the only possible
solution
i The situation in Egypt is peculiar
Although the British Agent is the
actual administrator, the khedive has
certain powers as nominal ruler with
which 1t is difficult to interfere. He.
in turn, is under the slzerainty of the
Sultan of Turkey. to whom he pays
tribute. The population is divided into
two embittered factions, the fIoslems
and the Copt or native Christians
The only link between them is mutual
adhesion to the nationalist party,
whose motto is Egypt for the Bgyp-
tians." But even in this they do not
altogether agree, for while the Copts
are in favor of occupation by the Brit
ish rather than by any other foreign
nation, the Moslems aim to see Eng
: land ousted. For a number of years
past the nationalist movement has
been spreading 1t began under the
administration of Lord Cromer. 1t
flourished under Sir Eldon Gorst.
Lord Cromer who brought Egypt
: from a state of ruin to comparative
prosperity, was iron handed in his
methods. Absolute British supremacy
was his watchword Right or wrong
he meant to have his own way and he
got it. Oriental subtlety failed before
his ruthless policies. And, if he did
not leave the country contented. he al
!: least left it at peace
Gorst was man OF different TYNE
He believed in meeting the methods oil
Egyptian diplomacy on it's owr
, ground. Ffnesse was his trump card
Persuasion rather than force was his
motto. The perfectly natural result,
; was that the Egyptians beat him a,
, the game. When he left, the country
was in a state of agitation from ont
end to the. other, although apparenti,
tS W do VII tnC DCSt vi terms WIN fnE
Khedive.
From the British point OF view z
strong successor to Gorst was esgen
tial. There must be a complete re
versal Of form an entire change ii
policies and methods Of administra
ton. British statesmen became con
WINGED that so long as a native ruler
even though he be largely fignrehead
SO long as the nation looks to the
Sultan OF Turkey as their tempora
ana religious leader. Egypt will con
unue In the state of unrest. The
khedive IS the most troublesome OBJ
stacle. In the early days OF Lore
Cromer's rule he had to deal with
IeWfik Pasha, weak monarch who
owed his position to British support
against the late Arab pasha and his
FELLOW rebels. Tewfik's lack of militia
1--WE and spirit made 1t comparatively
easy for Cromer to manage him. Blu
the present Khedive is different
proposition. Only nineteen when hi
was summoned from Vienna TO noun
the throne he soon showed himself Il
be more vigorous character Amos
his first act was to rebel against bii
British advisers. incidentally, he dis
missed the prime minister Moutaph;
Fehmy who had been placed in the
job by Cromer This line OF conduc
eliminated in what Is known as tn,
frontier incident" in 1894. At tina
time Kitchener was Sirdar of thu
Egyptian army and consequently re
sponsible for the discipline OF tn,
troops At review the Khediv,
chose to express himself in exceeding
ly uncomui.mentary terms regardin,
the appearance of the soldiers Ii
view of the previous manifestly hos
tile attitude of the Khedive, Kitchen
er took this as direct and persona
insult. AS matter OF fact the Khe
dive intended 1t as such. II was a mar
! of the game he was playing. He wa