Evening star., 1935-12-08
TROUBLE IN EGYPT
DUE FOR ENGLAND
Probability Follows Hoare's
Indications Settlement
~
Not Possible Yet.
By the Associated Press.

Z BY the Associated Press
LONDON.-The probability of trou-
BILE in Egypt before the Italo-Ethiopian
hostilities are liquidated has followed
Sir Samuel Hoares recent clear indi-
cations here of no immediate prospects
: of Great Britain conSenting to full
settlement of Anglo Egyptian relations.
The vigorous uproar in Cairo that
followed this action by the foreign
secretary suggested that Egyptian ma
tionals, desirous of turning the present
!. situation to their advantage in order
: to obtain clear independence, are likely
. to assume more militant demands for
restoration of the constitution and
parliamentary government, and evacu-
: alton of British army and naval
forces.
Tries to Quiet Egyptians.
The British government has done its
utmost to quiet the Egyptians, keeping
their postwar unrest under wraps
until a more suitable time for ad-
juStment.
But the Wafdists, led by NahaS
Pasha, have become more aggressive
and appear unlikely to be appeased by
. Hoare's long-awaited enunciation of
British policy, backed by his asser-
tions Anglo Egyptian fortunes are
! linked by history and geography.
Hoare's reference to the constitu-
, tions of 1923 and 1880 as, respectively,
unavoidable" and universally un-
popular" was a bitter disappointment
! to the Wafd because reintroduction of
the 1923 constitution had been chosen
by them for first place among their
political aims.
. Nahas' followers now are confronted
. with the alternative of readjusting
their party platform, or forcing the
issue to a showdown. The latter pre-
sents many difficulties, however. be-
cause many Egyptians feel need for
British protection, and the bulk of
Egyptians, Wafd or other, are no more
certain of which way Mussolini may
eventually turn than are the British.
Duce Holds Knives on Egypt.
At present MuSsolini holds two
knives at the side of Egypt, in the
I form of great troop concentrations
on her western and southern borders.
There have been no assurances from
the Italians that they might not over
night convert their Ethiopian cam
! paign into an attempt to seize the
!. Immensely greater and richer regions
of Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian Su-
dan.
Mussolini now has 10000 to 100000
r land troops concentrated in Libya,
bulwarked with hundreds of airplanes
and many tanks, trucks and other
conveyances.
The strategical position these troops
enjoy explains why Great Britain
rushed her navy to Alexandria Har-
Dor in September and has stubbornly
refused to withdraw it until the pres
ent East African trouble is cleared
away.
In addition. the 250,00O troops II
Duce has poured into Eritrea and
Ethiopia could suddenly be diverted,
If the opportunity arose, into the
Sudan.
Suez Heart of Empire.
The reasons the British are not yet
ready to do business with Egyptian
Nationalist are unexplained, but are
better understood with realization
Egypt controls Suez and Suez is the
heart of Britain's vital lines of COM
inunications to empire.
In addition the British. adopting
the position they have, are not anx-
ious to have an airing of imperialistic
aims in Egypt at this time; are un-
certain how much influence the 3d.
600 Italians living in Egypt have, and
are greatly preoccupied by the flood
of pro-Italian, anti-BritiSh propa-
ganda poured into Egypt in recent
months.
The British, noted for holding on
to what they have, are not likely 70
walk out of Egypt to allow Italy to
walk in peacefully. Nor is there much
prospect, unless the Egyptians them
selves force the issue, that they will
allow a form of independence pos
sibly weakening their present dorni-
: nation which permits them to control
the government through the prime
minister, Nessim PaSha.