EGYPT.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 May 1919, Page 5

EGYPT.

EXTREMISTS LOSING r INFLUENCE. THE iTOTAL CASIMLTIE& May 15. Although small demonstrations continue the Cairo extremists- are losing influence. The riots resulted in great damage. Twenty-seven British soldiers were killed, four British civilians and nine Indian soldiers were killed, and 70 British and 40 Indians wounded. A considerable number of Greeks and Armenians were killed, and nearly 1000 Egyptians were killed in suppressing the rebellions. The position is now satisfactory.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc London, May 15. Lord Cnrzon, in the House of Lords, said that evidence existed that the enemy had instigated and long prepared the Egyptian disturbances. The Government was sending a special mission, under Lord Milner, to inquire into the disorders and to report on the best form of ci>*~t stitutional government for Egypt under i the British protectorate. ' Mr 1 . Harmsworth, replying in the House of Commons to suggestions that.tlie distrust of the Egyptians waa due to the disproportionate numbers of Englishmen employed in Government offices and also to the failurte to establish an Egyptian Council similar to the Indian Council, i sftid the outbreaks were due to several causes. The political ferment was worldwide, owing to the war, and had affected, Egypt. He admitted there had been a certain amount of mishandling of native j interests by inexperienced officers, but] the outbreak surprised the Egyptian Government.' They had every reason to) be proud of British rule, under which i Egypt had enjoyed remarkable prosperity. He paid a tribute to the work of Lord Cromer and Lord Kitchener. They were benevolent autocrats who carried on the Government largely by their personality and prestige. They must be careful whom they chofse to succeed them. Egypt had stood by the Empire during the war.—Aus. KZ. Cable Assoc'