Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-01
Egypt Holds Grievance
Against President Wilson
Accuses Executive of Working Hand in Glove With
England for Oppression of People-British Rule
Heavier Than Turk, Claims Peace Delegate.

armed. Not even to help it in its
fight against the Turks would Eng
land put weapons in our hands for
fear they might later be turned
against it when we knew the truth
about its ambitions in Egypt. In
stead it called on us for laborers
ano we gladly furnished 100000
men to help its engineefs on the bat
tlehelds.
When the peace conference met
in Paris we organized delegation
to present our claims to the big
five." 1t was when this delegation
set out for Paris that England first
showed its hand. 1t forbade the
delegates to leave Egypt and succeed
ed in holding up their departure .un-
til the riots of last spring called the
worlds attention to this manifesto
ton of British tyranny and, to save
its face, England was forced to let
us go. Up to this time we still re-
tanned Our misplaced conhdence"1n
Mr.. Wilson's promises OF lnterna-
tional Justice. -Four days OF Paris
suffieed to disillusion us.
On April 10 we arrived in Paris.
On April 20 we requested an aud
ience of President Wilson. Our re.
quest was completely ignored and
on April p we were stupehed to re-
ceive a telegram from Cairo IN
forming us that the American
charge affairs there had published
an official Z statement announcing
that President Wilson had recog-
nized the British protectorate over
Egypt. y
From that time until the pres
itent's departure from France we
bombarded him with requests for a
personal hearing. Shortly before he
sailed we received the Qply commu-,
nication he deigned I'D address to
us, a note from his secretary regret
ting that the pressure of affairs
would not permit Mr.. Wilson to re-
ceive our representative.
Enslaved, But Not Pacified.
England, to justify its tyrannical
seizure of Egypt, claims that the
Egyptian question is one of interior
domestic policy. But it knows how
difficult it will be to prove this con-
tention in the eyes of the world and
particularly the eyes of the Ameri-
CA, people; so, in order to pull the
wool over the eyes Of the free ma
tons. it has constituted British
commission of inquiry to report on
the Egyptian claims after study of
the situation on the ground.
That commission, as recently
named, is headed by Lord Miner,
a dyed-in- -the-woo1 British imperial
ist, who has written at length in
favor of the annexation of Egypt
to Great Britain. Everyone of Lord
Miners assistants is noted for his
imperialistic opinions. Thus Eng
land plans to seal Egypts fate with
a verdict rendered by packed jury.
But Egypt has refused to submit.
Every Egyptian of note has an
nounced that he will refuse to re-
ceive. ~or communicate with any
member or agent of the Miner COM
mission. A complete boycott has
been declared against Britain's jury.
If Lord Miner comes to Egypt he
will not find a single native of any
rank ready to hold two minutes
conversation with him. England
knows this. She has adjourned the
investigation of the Miner investi-
cation ito later date" That '1ater
date will be never. for Egypt, al
though she cannot resist, will never
submit to British or any other for
eign tyrannization. She is en-
slaved, but not pacihed.