New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-01

pensabl9 to the Allies as military
base.
The British commands. ia on.'I ia
2rpt announces that Great Britain
hid take rpon herself "the sole
burden Of the present var without call
ing on tn, Egyptian people for I'D
therein" This program wasn't carried
cut. The people and government Of
lgypt gave material assistance in the
campaign against Turkey. Field Mar
nal Allenby recognized the very great
service 81 me Egyptian LABOR and
Camel Transport Corps Recruiting
for this vas ut nrst voluntary, ou1 in
tho end form Of conscripticn vas re-
sortcd TO- Domestic animals and
cereals were rcquisitioned and involun-
tary Ri Cross fund collections were
made. The Egyptian govcrnme wrote
of an advance to Great Britain Tor
military purposes of sf5.eoo,ooH.
EeyDis Ge.,ayor Dnr.rx
War Was Unusually Good
Egypts oshavior during tne VA ma
exemplary. When it ended gyptians
began 20 wonder where it had left them
politically. King George had written
the new Sultan in 1914: II desire to
convey TO your highnsss tn. expression
Of my most sincere friendship and the
assurance Of my unfa;iing support in
safeguarding the interr;ty Of Egypt
and securing her future v-sll-bcine and
prosperity. Your highnass mas been
called upon to undertake the RESPONSE
bilities Of your high otices at a grave
crisis in the national lif> Of Egypt, and
I feel convinced Shat you will be able,
With the cooperation Of your ministers
cnd the protcctorata OF Great Britain.
successfully so overcome all the inhu-
cnccs which are seeking to destroy the
Independence Of Egypt and the wealth,
liberty and happiness Of its people
The Egyptian Nationalists, headed by
Iaghloul Pasha, regarded The protec-
torate as usr measure anc looked
forward 70 2 more OF less cornpiet. rec
ignition CT Egyptian independence
when tns protectoratc should be With
dawn. They classified Egypt among
the rev nationalitics emerging from
the war. They saw the neighboring in
dcpendens kingdom Of Hedjaz invited
to send r rcpresenta Tive TO The peace
conference. On November 10, 1913,
Zaghioul Pssiia and ITO othcu advanced
AGtionalists visited the High Commits
eicner and asked TO be allowed 10 g to
London to present d program Of com
plete autonomy" The Prime Minister,
Rusdi Pasha, "a 4Adiy rashs, then
Minister Of Education, also requested
p' omission to visit England 70 discuss
the r,gn,s of Egypt urdcr the proes,-
tCratc. Both requests were refused by
the British Foreign Office.
Early in 1913 delegation. headed by
Zsgnloul 2asha, vas constituted for
the purpose of laying Eeypt's case be
fore the powers assembled al Paris
III March IaehlouI vas deported TO
Malta The popular disturbances Of
1919 followed. " April the High Com
missioner removed The embargo on the
departure Of Egyptians desiring tc
travel. This decree liberated Zaghloul,
VINO went from Malta 20 Paris, and
established the headquarters Of the
Egyptian delegation there. He made
little Roadway with Che peace confer
ence, but succeeded in putting his
claims before The world. The Ver-
sailiss Treaty contained only this brief
reference 20 Egypt: Germany declares
that she recognizes the protectorate
declared over Egypt by Great Britain
on December 10, 1918, and that she
renounces Che regime Of the cap;tula-
tions in Egypt. This rcnuncistion shall
take effect as from August Z, 1914"
The 1915 uprising startled the peo-
PIE Of Greas Britain. They hsd never
realized the extent or intensity Of the
sentiment behind the nationalist move
nent. Neither had The rest Of the
world. When ex-PresidenS Roosevelt /
stopped off st Cairo on mis- way out
from his hunting expedition in Central
Africa he sharply lectured the Ma
tlonalist agitators. Most American
have thought of them as a small group
or extremists noisy but unimportant
minority. When The Miner commits
sion went TO Egypt in December, 1919,
1T discovered tnas such wss not the
case. It reported:
"Nationalism has, for the time be-
ing at any rate, established completc
dominance over sill that is vocal and
articulate in Egypt. From the princes
OF the Sultan's family down to the
children Of the primary schools, the
men of property, The professional
men. the religious teachers, che lis
erati, the journalists, the students
and schoolboys, all, more or less vii
lingly, have been swept into tire Ma
tion&list move-,=rat. Most serious of
all. perhaps, it now permeates the
official class and the upper ranks o.
the army. Discipline and official
dccorum may prevent their sympa-
thes from finding open expression
the attitude Of Egyptian officials TO-
ward the mission was always cour-
teous and correct-buS in their hearts
they are mostly strong Nationalists,
and the influence radating from
them is all in the same direction. 1t
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