Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-19
their prediction that the worst Of
our hard times are over, and we are
now riding rising crest OF BUSH
ness prosperity.

now riding a rising crest OF bust
ness prosperity.
WHAT THE SPHINX SAW
I'm THE 10th day Of this month
~ the Sultan Ahmed Fuad Pasha,
who ruled Egypt under the British
commissioner since the great war.
declared himself an independent
monarch and king Of Egypt, and
the sphinx at Gizeh, in the desert
not far away from the new kings
capital, grinned the grin he has
maintained for many centuries. He
has seen many kings of Egypt come
and 60. A new dynasty is nothing
| in his life. The present king of
Egypt was placed in power by the
British army after his predecessor
had fled to Constantinople and
finally to Berlin after the begin
ming of the great world war. At
| that time Egypt was nominally a
subject nation under the Turkish
empire and under its protection. It
was really controlled by the British.
The former sultan threw in his lot
| with the Turks and Germans, and
by so doing backed the losing horse
and lost his job. Had the Germans
won the war he would have gone
back to Egypt as sultan probably
backed by German bayonets. AS 1t
is he dare not 60 back, although
he has a party in Egypt that has
been intriguing for his return.
There has been good deal OF
unrest in Egypt Of late a7d NUT
terings of rebellion against the
British rule. They are not popular
with the natives of Egypt as they
are not popular with the natives OF
India. In both cases the British
brought the natives about all the
liberty and justice in government
they had known in thousands OF
years. But they were not very
grateful for these advantages. 1t is
not strange. It is ever SO. They
would rather suffer injustice and
oppression under their own rule
than enjoy the benefits of liberty
and justice under the rule Of a
foreign race. We have the mani
festation of the same spirit in the
Philippines where the natives would
gladly see the back Of their Amer
lean rulers and 60 back to old con-
ditions, in spite of all the benefit
we have brought them. A Few
weeks ago announcement was made
in the British parliament that in
dependence would be granted to
Egypt. The proclamation Of the
new king is the elimination Of that
announcement. But added to it was
the further announcement that
Great Britain guaranteed the indie
pendence of Egypt and would pro-
tect it against foreign aggression.
AS a matter of fact we suspect
that things are not much changed
in Egypt by the new deal, and that
the new king knows very we'll
which side his bread is buttered on
and will be more Of British vice
roy in fact than an independent
king. But Egypt will have the
pleasure Of paying the whole cost
Of its government hereafter in
stead of getting some part of it
out of the pockets of the British
taxpayers. Perhaps that is why the
Sphinx grins.
We have heard a lot about the
riddle Of the Sphinx, but its riddle
was guessed long ago if we are to
believe the tales of Grecian myth
ology. Hera the wife of Zeus, and
identified with the Roman Juno
the wife of Jupiter, apparently had
bad temper. This is not strange
for the amours of her mighty hus-
band were wicked enough to put
any wife in bad temper. In one
of these RACES she sent a Sphinx
to punish the Thebeans. This tabled
animal was sort of composite of
lion, bird and woman, and it went
around giving out conundrums or
riddles to the Thebans. Failure to
answer the riddle correctly was fol-
lowed by the prompt action of the
beast in devouring the Theban. Its
riddle was this: What animal walk
ed on four legs in the morning, on
two legs at noon, and on three legs
in the evening. Our readers can
spring it on the unlearned, but we
may say that the Grecian tale goes
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