Evening star., 1919-08-18
ALLEGES BRITISH
M|STREAT EGYPT
Mr.. Folk Tells Senators C0un-
try Is Held Under Pro-
tectorate Guise.

In brief filed today with the for
eign relations committee of the
United States Senate, Joseph w. Folk,
sci for the Egyptian commission.
charges that England. under the
guise of a protectorate over Egypt.
practically has seized that country as
British possession: that Sin an an
mex to the peace treaty the status of
Egypt would be made an internal
question and beyond the jurisdiction
of the council of the league OF ma
sire to pass upon the status of
Egypt"
The document sets forth that the
original occupation of Egypt by Britt
tsh troops, beginning In 1882. was
claimed by the British government to
be merely temporary. for the purposes
OF suppressing rebels" and collecting
debts due Europeans. The British
government, says Mr.. Folk, pledged
Egypt and the world that this occu-
patton would be only temporary.
Recites Wrongs to Egypt.
After giving resume of the politi-
cal history Of modern Egypt and the
alleged wrongs done in that country
to enforce British rule in the last sew
era1 decades" the brief recites the
story of "the killing of 800 and the
wounding of 1000 Egyptian natives
last April in the streets of their cities
while holding demonstra tions for
freedom under the 'self-determina-
ton clauses of the peace treaty"
Mr.. Folk, who was formerly solic-
itor for the State Department and
who now represents the commission
which was named by the legislative
assembly of Egypt, majority of
whom were elected by the people. he
says, calls attention to the fact tina.
Egyptian troops. numbering one mil
lion. fought on the side of the allies
to make. as they believed, the world
safe for democracy and for, the right
of national self-determination for all
peoples"
Egypt before the war, he says. was
Independent for all practical purposes,
though under the nominal sovereign
tyi Of Turkey and subject to an an
nual tribute to Turkey. On Decem-
ber Is. 1914, it is stated, Great Brit
ain removed the ruler of Egypt and
appointed Prince Hussein as sultan
'ostensibly as war measure, and
assumed by the Egyptians to be
such"
Egypt's Disappointment.
When the time came for making
peace, Mr.. Folk observed. "the Egyp-
tan people naturally concluded that
since, under the league of nations,
they would be preserved from exter-
nal aggression, the protectorate of
Great Britain would be removed But
they were doomed to disappointment"
The Egyptian legislative assembly's
commission on the way to Paris to
present that country's claims, it is
charged. was 'fnterned by order of
the British government upon reach
ing Malta" Released upon the rec
ommendation of Gen. Allenby, it is
said, it reached Paris, only to find,
with amazement, that a recognition
of the British protectorate over
Egypt had been written into the
treaty"
In conclusion the brief states: "The
condemnation of Egypt without a
hearing before an international tri-
bunal, il one is established. would
mean the continued subjection OF
Egypt to British bondage and con-
tinued moving down by British ma
chine guns of those liberty seeking
people who fought with America to
make the world safe from military
autocracy."