ABOUT BUSYBODIES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXIII, Issue 9038, 30 December 1907, Page 2

ABOUT BUSYBODIES.

In a speech at London on Monday, October 28th, Lord Cromer, inter alia, said: —“I think it would he a mistake to take too seriously the proceedings of the Egyptian nationalists or their friends in this country. Some of the latter I am obliged to regard as the w orsc enemies of Egyptian progress. lam not opposed to those who are in favour of gradual extension of local government. I allude to the extremists who exist in Cairo, as also in Calcutta and in Dublin. They cannot be conciliated save on terms which would involve a relapse in the disorder and rnisgovernmeut of the past. I notice that the almost culpable folly of an itinerant member of Parliament, Mr Keir Hardie, lias whetted the illregulated enthusiasm of a portion of. the community in Bengal. (Cheers.) I have no doubt the agitators of India will be kept firmly in hand by the Viceroy and the eminent statesman who now presides at the India Office. ‘ ‘ For my part I see only one remedy for this unrest in Egypt and India. It is to continue steadily to do our duty towards the people of both countries, to come down with a heavy hand on extremists if they overstep the law, and not be deterred by their presence or proceedings from adopting such reforms as will satisfy the aspirations of all moderate and reasonable men. ’ ’ (Cheers.)