The Washington herald., 1919-10-19

That II not the truth. The prince
could not renounce his title without
legal complications. Indeed, his pass
port reads with the title, but he uses
IL as little as possible In new Poland
titles are dead stock. and hence the
prince and princess do not parade the
fact there that they are Of the an
Client nobility. They are delighted to
go to 30 democratic a country as the
United States"
Prince Lubomirsk smiled his ss-
sent You know" he said. that It
would be improper for me to discuss
political questions. can only say
that I am pleased to go to America.
where ! have many friends and where
Poland has SO many splendid sup
porters."
It developed that Prince Lubomir-
ski visited America twenty years ago
and made a tour of the country. The
accompany him. will help lend gayety
to the diplomatic circle in Washing
ton.
As Is usual, last week had its quota
Of interesting visitors.
Alfredo Gonzales. former President
OF Costa Rica. has arrived in WASH
inston and is staying at the Lafayette
Hotel. With him is Manuel Castro de
Quesada. who was at one time Min
lister Of Costa Rica TO the United
States.
Costa Rica hasn't had a legation
here since he left. His young sister,
who was chatelaine Of the legation,
was one Of the prettiest women In the
Diplomatic Corps.
Gen. Comille and the members Of
the polytechnic mission. of which he
was the head. departed the end Of the
week.
A NOTED
EGYPTIAN.
Mohammed Mahmoud Pasha. an Of
fcial representative of the Egyptian
people. arrived last week in Washing
ton from France to consult with
Esypt's American counselor. former
Gov. Joseph W. Folk, of Missouri
The Pasha- an oxford graduate, has
held various important posts in the
Egyptian administration, notably the
governorships OF the Fayoum province,
the Suez Canal and Behera. He ar
rived in the United States through a
curious chain OF arrest and depor-
tation.
Along with the others" he declared,
'T was chosen by my people to place
unhappy Egypt's claim for independ-
ence before the Peace Conference in
Paris. Passports were refused us for
months. and finally. without charge or
inquiry. the president Of the delega-
tion, zagioul Pasha- myself and two
members OF the delegation were ar
rested and sent to Malta. Side by
side with the British we Egyptians
had been fighting the Germans for
four long years. but In Malta we were
thrown into a prison camp filled with
Germans and other prisoners of war.
We were kept there for little more
than a month, after which we were
released by the pressure OF Egyptian
public opinion and proceeded to Paris.
On arrival we found that practically
all the great powers had recognized
the British protectorate over Egypt.
Unlike that of other oppressed ma
tions. the justice OF the Egyptian claim
is not denied. While the British en-
slave us. they recognize our sover~
eighty"
But there seems to be two sides
to the question. Here is what the
MarQuise de Fontenay had to say
on the subject:
"Mohammed Pasha Mahnoud, who
arrived last week In New YORK on
board La France. is one Of those
revolutionary extremists OF Egypt
who. owing to his connection with tn.
sanguinary rising In the land Of the
Nile last winter and early spring.
when number of foreigners were
,, massacred by the natives under cir
cumstances Of indescribabie atrocity,
was arrested by the British authori-
ties and deported to Malta on board
a warship.
After being detained for some