The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
IS GAINING RESPECT
Since He Took Charge There Has
Been a Change Of Feeling To
ward British
Rule.
[By Ed L. Keen, London Correspond
emf Of the United Press.1

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LONDON, March %. There has
been general shakeup in the kitch
ems of the British Agency at Cairo
the official residence OF Lord Kitch-
ener, the uncrowned. iron-fsted ruler
Of Egypt and as a result number
& OF cooks are looking for new jobs.
This item of news doesn't sound
very important, but when 1t was cir
culated around the bazaars the fella-
heen nodded wisely, and Kitchener
was pushed a few pegs higher in their
estimation. 1t was just another Incl
dent Characteristic Of his administra-
ton, whereby in eighteen months
England has obtained firmer grip on
Egypt than it ever had before, fol,
lowing a period when the natives
came dangerously near getting the up
per hand.
thorough is Kitchener's family
motto, and he lives up to it every
minute. No Job Is too big for him to
tackle, and no detail small enough to
escape his attention. Although not
q society man himself, approaching
the necessity of impressing the native
| mind he has been performing social
stunts on a large scale. He built a
magnificent ballroom at the Agency
and renovated the drainage system.
Recently, having snocped around In
the kitchens and finding them dirty
and the cooks careless he proceeded
to exercise his stiff leg acquired by
fall in India-by kicking out the
offenders. He hired new staff on
the spot, and then in order to make a
fnisEed job of it showed them him
self how to prepare curry properly.
When tx of X" was sent to Egypt
In 1911 a good many folks who knew
him only as a soldier predicted an un
wise and possibly disastrous use OIL
the iron hand. His qualities as ar
administrator and diplomatist were
yet to be learned. Under the lax re
glme of his predecessor, Sir Eldor
Gorst, British influence in Egypt hat
amentably waned, and it proved to BIZ
fortunate thing for England that
Kitchener was at the helm during The
troublous period of the Turco-Italial
war. Gorst was a reformer and wa.
not altogether convinced that it wal
necessary for England to remain ii
Egypt anyhow. His leniency TOWARD
the natives was accepted withou
gratitude, and there were daily plot
against the khedive, the cabinet, ant
British influence generally.
Kitchener is not hampered by an,
doubts whatever as to Britain's RICH
TO rule wherever she lives, and he i'm
mediately started in to show TIN
malcontents that they could not pla.
With him as they did with Gorst. Blu
ne did 1T calmly, with no outward dis
play of force, no terrorism, and n
arrests except those which woul
nave been effected under any admins
lratlon. A few words of advice to th
ministry, few personal talks wit,
'ae rebel leaders, and the disaffectiol
and agitation subsidized. II Colone
roosevelt should revisit the countr
ne would not make another speec
IKE the one at the Guildhall banque
ol 1910, in which he accused Englan
of molly-coddling Egypt. Althoug
you couldn't get any Britisher to az
init 1t, Roosevelt's criticisms at tina
ume We're regarded in high quarter
as amply justified, and they wer
probably instrumental in bringin
ABOUT Kitchener's appointment.
It is to his capacity for graspIng a
angles Of situation and PERSONAL
ueaiing with the most trivial matter
as much as to his quiet firmnes
.hat Kitchener owes his extraordinar
influence over the Egyptians. Thel
are rev men who possess such an ii
innate understanding of the orient,
mind. He keeps open house and
Always ready to receive the premier {
me poorest farmer with grievanc
Inc natives come knowing that Kite
eher Will not exact tribute from the
u Try to make personal profit out !,
eneir misfortunes, and this is a lar
y incorrigible grafters is a novel;