New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-08-06
THE BONDAGE OF EGYPT.
lWillidm Marion Reedy.)

1 THE BONDAGE OF EGYPT.
lWilzinm Marion Reedy.)
Take it from me that the League of
Nations would have little chance of
lapproval in this country if it were not
4 for the very effective censorship exer-
Icised by the British over the news from
Egypt, India and Ireland. An Indian
revolution is in full swing. The meth
DDS adopted by the British to quell
the uprising there are of unprecedented
severity, more especially as they are
used against a population wholly UNI
armed. Even such quietist as Rabind-
ranath Tagore is moved to protest and
resigns all his honors and decorations
from the British Government. Closely
/ related to the Indian disturbances is
the campaign of the Afghans in the
Khyber region, in which the attack
upon the heart of the Orient empire of
Great Britain is being conducted with a
measure of success that is being carefully
concealed from the world.
In Egypt, as in India, there is revolu-
| ton more extensive than the world is
permitted to know about. In both
countries British forces are bringing to
bear all the deadly resources Of civiliza-
ton for the pacifcation Of the disafect-
A 1,,1y
ed with devastating effect in bombing
the population in disturbed regions1
The trouble in Egypt dates from long
long before the war. It was breeding
as far back as when Colonel Roosevelt
visited there and made startling speech
in which he told Britain to govern or
get out. . Egypt remained fairly loyal
during the war in spite of German
propaganda; but when the armistce
was declared the Egyptians thought
| they should come in for some of that
self determination that President Wilson
was so eloquently talking about. They
sent delegation to Paris to present their
claims for self government. That dele
CATION got as far as Malta, where they
were held up and interned by the British.
There they remained practically prison
ers for months until it was announced
that the United States formally recog-
nized the British protectorate over
Egypt. Then the delegation was per-
mitted to proceed to Paris. But the
Egyptians could not get a hearing
before the Peace Conference. The ac-
ton of the President Of the United
States had put them entirely out Of
court. Those delegates, am told,
are still held hostages in Paris for the
good behavior of their countrymen.
All this is the more atrocious because
Egyptians were led to believe that the
protectorate over Egypt would be abol-
ished at the ending Of the war. It was
that promise which kept the Egyptians
loyal.
The news of the fate of their represen-
tatiVes set the Egyptian people aflame.
i Agitators became active all over the
country. There were various outbreaks
. quickly suppressed at first, but the
revolt steadily spread. Again the Brit
ish troops began bombing from the ali
the towns where the revolutionists were
gathered. As in India, there were
drastically thorough applications Of hws
of search and seizure against the inhabi.
! tants. Such operations Of repression
we're accompanied by manifestations q
terrorism and brutality worthy Of Thu
best, or worst, German Sch1echlichkeit
I have before me as write q Proce
Verbal of the inquiry into an aWfu
!, incident of the repression at the town o
Z Azila. The inquiry was conductet
: Sunday, April IL, 1919; the raid occurred
: on Tuesday, March Is. Witness afte
witness, all with names that look as j
they had been taken from the :. Arabian
Nights, testify to such abomination
of conduct as would have disgracet
lsavages. Wives and daughters Of peace
-lful citizens were ravished before til,
$ leyes of their husbands, sons and fathers
e Resisting women were shot dead by th,
elrapists in British uniforms. The mel
j. who tried to protect their women wer,
b also shot OF made prisoners. Thes,
t jewels Of atrocity were set in the plail
-Igold Of robberies, burning q house.
$ and slaughter Of domestic cattle. Ind: