OUR MEN IN EGYPT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 211, 31 May 1919, Page 8

OUR MEN IN EGYPT

Sir,—As a parent, and constant subscriber lo your valuable paper over Milieu its inception. I desire to thank you for your sympathetic remarks iu your issim of .May' 27 re the continued uncetfaint.v as to when our iven so long detained in Egypt arc likely to bo brought back lo Now Zealand. You rightly remark that their detention is iiat'urally causing their friends and relatives considerable anxiety, ami ] am pleased to mo this feeling is increasingly manifesting itself in your columns,' and that the people arc at length beginning to realise the unfortunate position of our poor boys, cooped up in camp in that' vile cliuiato at this season of the year. Little wonder, Mr. VMitor, that this uneasy feeling is thus manifesting itself. To mo it is a matter of astonishment that long before this there has not been a universal howl of indignation throughput the Dominion at the prolonged detention of these unfortunates, and ran only ascvilrc this silence to the fact that the frequent arrival of shiploads of men from England has diverted tho attention (temporarily) of the people from the unfortunates remaining in Egypt. I. notice that some of your .oorrespon. dents suggest the diversion of somo steamers from England to Egypt lo briiiK theso men home. This is .reasonable enough as far as it goes, but seeing the military authorities failed to make use of the'steamers which it is well known they had at their command, of winch tho" allowing the Devon to arrive wjth twenty privileged mciu in iSiew Zealand, 'is the most recent instance of mis. maniurement, it is highly improbable that they will be inclined to accept the sug. sestion the Defence Minister s deep concern and anxiety, notwithstanding. With regard to the suggestion that tho men are detained to- assist in siippressinff the recent native riots, should tins be the correct explanation, then I submit that our ' Government: is coniuvins at a gross injustice. If these men can be put to do this work, then why not send them to Russia to put down the Bolsheviki, or what is more to die pom , to India to assist in rcpeling the Afghan '".Six! I do hope (the people of this Dominion, and especially the fathers, "others brothers, wives, and sweethearts, vil walio up with such a howl of uidigntion that our complacent Government ni be forced to take urgent measurey to release these, unfortunate men from the TTell in which they are interned.; Thanking you iu.anticipation.-l am, oh. OP MAXY ANXIOUS PARENTS. "Masterton, May 27, 1H1». . [The latest intimation made by to Government is th.at the inc.. in W are espee.ted back by boats due here m ifuno and July-]