THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
Tin: Ali'iini.i: in Egypt. “The .Milner .Mission "cut out to Egypt after the rebellion of |!)l!l. and I<,■ 11 ■■ I a situation little realised by these in authority at heme. Every possibility was explored, hut in Hie end it became clear that there remained only a simile choice between two things; (I) To hold Egypt down by loico and govern her in a purely British way against a united Egyptian resistance; ami (2) to come to terms with the Egyptians by giving reality to the independence which we had always concede,! in theory, and taking in return guarantees for Imperial interests in Egypt and Imperial eommunications
through Egypt. . . . Whatever may have been the necessity for this proceeding, it has left a sitnali.cn iihicli is had for Egypt and had for us. It ,le- ] ifives us of the advantage of seeking a square deal, and ii puts the Egyptian Prime .Minister in the position of having io ask impossible things and probably of being told that he has sacrificed Egyptian independence, if lie fails to get them. ’’ Air J. A. Spend", a member of the Milner Alission to Egypt,
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 November 1924, Page 2
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192THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 28 November 1924, Page 2
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