BRITISH RULE IN EGYPT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1125, 12 May 1911, Page 5

BRITISH RULE IN EGYPT.

REPORT BY SIR. E. GORST. SELF-GOVERNMENT ABUSED BY NATIONALISTS. THE OUTLOOK TO-DAY. By Tclcgraph-Prees Aesociatim-Copyrljttt (Rec. May 11, 11.15 p.m.) ' London, May 11. In a Blue-book dealing with tho coudi* lion of Egypt, tho British agent, Sir El-' don-Gorst, declares that, so far as tlw Legislative Council and General Assembly aro concerned, the experiment of admit-' ting tho Egyptians to a larger share in; the administration has proved a failure Both bodies during tho first half of. H'lo displayed a steady and increasing j tendency to become mere instruments of) Nationalist agitation against tho occupation of Egypt. Since November the Coun-1 cil had been less impracticable, and some valuable measures were passed. ! Tho failure of tho experiment in the' direction of self-government was attribu-J table to tho Egyptians aud tho local! European colonics interpreting the concessions as a sign of weakuoM and tho lessening of British authority. '• ■ "The remedy," continued Sir Eldon Gorst, "is to teach Egyptians that wo don't intend to bo hustled into going furVhcr and faster along this path than wa deem well for tho people as a whole. Until this elementary lesson has beon,' thoroughly learned, no prospect of further developing tho Legislative Council! can usefully 1m entertained. We mustl persevere in our endeavour to base the. relations of (he two races on a spirit at. mutual oonfidenco and goodwill."-