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dents duplicating and sometimes sur
passing those at Azizia took place I'll
numerous sother villages. A report by
Ibrahan Bashdan, Omdez imayor) Of
Azizia, to the Legislative Assembly and
Members Of the Provincial Council 81
Giza indicates that the attack on that
village followed a strike in which sugar
factory and some parts Of the railway
lines were destroyed. The mayor said
those things were done by strangers
to the village. The native officials
of many towns were forced to sign their
names to a document acknowledge
the protectorate Of England over Egypt.
In the town Of Moudirieh the command
ing general Of the British forces in
Upper Egypt issued a proclamation
that all the inha bitants should salute
every British officer appearing in the
streets, under penalty of martial law.
In protest the native officials remained
in their homes. A sort Of compromise
was effected by the British officers
agreeing to salute the native officials,
but the people of the, village scorned
their head men who consented to salute
the Britishers. testimony is abundant
that British soldiers strangled natives,
then buried them to the waist in the
ground and shot or bayoneted the help
less victims.
This is the way that the English are
Furnishing Egyptians for carrying on a
strike against the protectorate and in
favor Of independence. The strike,
from all accounts, must have been a
wonderful demonstration. All races and
factions united in the gesture. = The
teachers and students of the great
Mohammedan Azhar University were
conspicuous in the affair, and also the
sCopts. A hero Of the movement is a
Coptic priest named Sergius. The Egyp-
tians of all classes, from the highest down
to the fellaheen, want self-government:
they want it now: they don't want it
bestowed on them in small doses long
distance apart as is proposed in India
over the protest of the people, in the
Satya1 rdh0 movement Of passive re-
sistance and by active revolt. They
assert their nationalism. The answer
is fire and sword, robbery, cattle kiling
and the rape of innocent women. This
is the reward of Egyptian loyalty. This
the kind of thing President Wilson seems
to have been in hurry almost indecent
to recognize" before the Egyptians
could get their case before the world at
Paris. Just where Mr.. Wilson's action
fits in with his professions of desire to
make the world safe for democracy
only Byzantine logothete'' could dis
cover.
Neither India nor Egypt, as it happens,
can get a hearing in this country, as.
Ireland can. None of their leaders can
be ovated" here as is De Valera. There
Is neither an Indian nor an Egyptian
vote" here to be splacated. z But the
Irish-American demonstration for self
determination brings to the fore in dis
cussion the causes Of all the other small
nations held in suppression by the far
flung British imperialism President
De Valera is the forerunner of the causes
of Egypt and India. Perhaps his re-
ception will have the effect of encourag-
ing liberty flowing Americans to raise
their voices in favor of the discharge of
Indian and Egyptian students and Others
held prisoners in this country for agitating
against England, and to demand that.
there be some explanation of this coun-
try's abandonment at Paris of those
people to the tender mercies Of British
soldiers as hereinabove described.
American opinion cannot and viii not
be content to Withhold support Of de-
mands Tor natlOnhoOd from other peoples
than the Irish. The Irish uprising against
the League Of Nations must help those
other victims Of disappointed hopes in
the outcome Of the Peace Conference.
As time flows on we become more and
more convinced that the bomb OUT
RACES" were part Of an expert conspiracy
to scare the American public into a ft
of reactionary hysteria. Some frantic
anti-B olsheviks apparently believe that
by exploding dynamite in front Of
peoples houses, and leaving on the scene
Of the explosion printed leaflets which
initiate the language Of communist pro-
paganda, they can destroy the credit Of
n. =