The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-22

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I. Kitchener resigned, and there was
crisis. In the end Lord Cromer
talked to the khedive like a father
and finally induced him to apologize
TO Kitchener and request him to with
draw his resignation Although this
happened seventeen years ago, Kitch-
ener is renated TO have long ts..
lance memory. Naturally, folks are
wondering, now that Kitchener has
gone back to Egypt as British admin
istrator, how he and his old friend
the khedive will get along.
An cd Egyptian proverb says that
he Who once drinks the water of the
Nile win assuredly return Kitchener
left the country after the greatest
triumph OF his career After years OF
patient toll he had led the combined
Anglo-Egyptian army to victory at At
bara and Omdurman and rescued the
Soudan from the rule of the barbar-
Gus Khalifa. At the time there seem
ed nothing left in Egypt for him to
do. But now he has gone back to deal
with far greater problems. 1t remains
to be seen whether he is as great
diplomat as he was a soldier 1t is
Tor him to find way, without raising
undue cOmmotion in the country, of
inducing the khedive to retire grace
fully on pension and allow the Brit
ish the scope they desire.
With the problem of the khedive is
vA1f Al,
pie of Egypt During the past te..
Years, particularly since the Russo
Japanese war, the Mohammedan
countries Turkey, Egypt and Persia,
in particular-have undergone a far
reaching evolution. They have seen a
western power vanquished by an orr
entail. They have seen constitutions
established in Turkey and Persia. Ma.
turally, these things have made their
impress upon Egypt. The growth of
the nationalist party In that country
is no surprise to students of interna-
tional affairs. The nationalist have
at present number of particularly
able leaders-men Of European educa-
ton and culture-who are capable of
handling such movement in master
ly fashion. The chief of them, Abaza
Pasha, is said to be man of extra
ordinary ability. Like the rest of his
party his ideals are at present some.
what vague as to the exact course to
be pursued, but the great aim is
constitution similar to that Of Tur-
key. The other party, founded by the
late Mustapha Paska, and now led BY
Mohammed Farid Bey, is working for
the evacuation Of Egypt by England.
But, on general lines both parties are
conducting their propaganda in har-
mony.
All modern Egypt follows these
leaders. Their chief supporters are
the members OF the younger genera
| ton, chiefly professional men, who
have been educated in Paris and have
become imbued with the French ideas
| of liberty. Rapidly they are acquiring
important POSTS in the government sera
vice; everywhere they are establish
ing and running native newspapers,
and in the mixed courts, as attorneys.
they are supplanting European law
yers. Devoting themselves in recent
| years mainly to the cause of educa-
| ton, and through their influence with
| the provincial councils establishing
schools, they are gradually turning
the lower class natives into a race of
! intelligent and educated men. The
native prime minister, Said Pasha. is
1 in active sympathy with them In fact,
recently he has been suspected of in
| triguing with the khedive with the
object of overtbrowing British rule.
/ Before he left for Cairo, Kitchener
received orders from the British gov.
eminent to approach these men IN
the spirit Of liberalism. A system of
ruthless suppre ssion would be futile.
and perhaps dangerous. To give them
constitution. with the dual rule now
in operation, might prove equally use
/ less. IL annexation is he real object
of Kitchener's appointment. thought
full Britishers believe it can be
brought about only by corresponding
grants Of freedom to the people.
One of kitchener's first tasks will
be to convert Alexandria and Cairo
into military bases. Then will come
the task of preparing for the consoli.
dation Of the soudan and Egypt into
one great north African state.
Kitchener has entered upon his
delicate duties well equipped in ex.
perience. He knows Egypt from one
end to the other, and everywhere he
ig not only feared, but respected.