Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-09
SoIicitudc for Suffering Eeypt

a NER1CAS fund of sympathy is boundess.
This nation is prepared 10 offer comfort
to the oppressed people OF any nation Its
arms are open to refugees from all and its
heart beats tenderly for those millions OF
downtrodden who find it necessary to bear
the evils which aTlict them at home rather
than fly TO others which they know not Of
When the Irish propa gandists drew upon
oar sympathy they drew not in vain The
came is true of the .Armenians Of the Chinese
OF the Jews, OF the anti-Boshevist Russians,
OF the Koreans OF the Croats and the Slavs
OF the Poles and the C1echs and the Slovaks
one after another these outraged peoples
have turned hopefully to the American peo-
pie for support and for d vindication OF their
real or ianced rights.
But they have not exhausted American
tenderness There is plenty Of it left This
the Egyptians have just discovered, and, hay-
ing discovered the fact, they come forward
with their own claim for American good
Will Ihey have organized commission
rms commission has raised money. With this
money Joseph w. Folk and other cxperieuced
solicitors have been engaged Press agents
nave been hired and the propa gandist litera
lure has begun 10 run
And the Egyptians have not had to wait
long for response Within twenty-four
hours OF their first outburst their first an
Is, IL
The Senate Of the United States now in an
uncertain attitude toward the treaty of peace
WIN Germany, has listened To an i'm pa ssioned
oralloh from Senator Borah on the injustice
being done the ancient nation of the
Egyptians by tho ruthless government OF
Great Britain
II appears from the Folk Borah utter
ahces that the British beguiled the unsus-
pectng Egyptians into accepting the military
ago upon the assurance of British statesmen
mat IL would be only temporary and would
ehd "hen the Egyptian government dis
charged certain debts which il owed Euro
peans' But whether the debts were dis
charged or not, the military occupation CON
hhned although the Egyptians meanwhile
recognized the sovereignty OF the Turks over
mem ana PAID annual tribute to Constan-
tinopc
When the war broke out in 1914 Great
hrltaln' III order 10 protect the Suez Canal.
summary declared u protectorate over
Lsybt, and by somewhat Curious circum-
stance the people of that country accented
without protest They did more They
cast their lot with the allies and accordin q
10 their spokesman, they raised an army of
'ooo,oo0 to fight on the side of the entente
ms was done, it is added however, in the
expectation that If Victorious Eeypt would
oecome independent once more
but the treaty Of peace with GERMANY
recognized no such independence On the
contrary, IT stipulated clearly that the British
Protectora'e OF 1914 be recognized by Ger
many when this vas borne in upon the
Egyptians they revolted and have been fight
'hg Inc brliish ever since. The British more
over nave been returning the fire. and peonIe
OF hoth nationalities have been killed in
large numbers
no" comes the plea tina, The. United States
'h'ercehe IN behalf Of Egyptian liberty But
on what ground: BY what process NAV
'h's country force the British to turn loose
.heir hoid upon Egypt? What power can
ne exercised ia that end? These arc uucs-
uo"S which the propagandigts have failed
10 answer
MF hryan Is the only member OF Wilson
NA"''e' VINO has left for any other reason
'hth 10 devote his attention TO his private
""a''S ana according to report. has more
| ana "e''er ihcome.producing private affairs
| tAan any Of them
| VI course Secretary Redheld's departure
, from The Cabinet was smooth as he went
out on steel rails