EGYPT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8436, 7 May 1907, Page 5

EGYPT.

DEPARTURE OF LORD CROMER. Received May 6, 11.30 p.m. CAIRO, May 6. There was a remarkable demonstration at Cairo in connection with the departure of Lord Cromer, late Agent and Consul-General. Twelve hundred people, including high British and Egyptian officials, assembled in the Opera House to bid farewell to and thank Lord Cromer for the services he had rendered. ' Lord Cromer, in an energetic speech, reviewed the past and eulogised the services of Tewfik,. Nubar Riaz, Fehmy Pashas, and other reformers, Sir William Garstin, Sir Reginald Wingate, and other colleagues. He declared that his two objects had been the restoration of a good understanding with France and the introduction of a liberal spirit into the system of government which must necessarily be bureaucratic. He warned the Egyptians against the Nationalists, and expressed the hope that the Khedive would suppress the scandals connected with the administration of Wakus or religious trusts, reform the Mahommedan tribunals, and ignore the flatterers and evil councilors ant} encourage honest reformers. He would thus earn the gratitude of every class. Lord Cromer emphasised the fact that the British occupation of Egypt would continue for an indefinite period. Britain, during the continuation of occupation, would be responsible for the main principles of administration, and none were more capable of safeguarding the continuance than Sir Eldon Gorst. ' Lord Cromer added: "The newspapers, both European and local, have expressed the hope that Sir Eldon'Gorst will follow my policy, which has been to tell the truth. Sir Eldon Gorst will follow^it." LORDjCROMER'S SPEECH. ' PROFOUND IMPRESSION PRODUCED. Received May 7, 1.22 a.m. LONDON, May 6. The Times says that Lord Cromer's speech at Cairo has produced as profound anampression upon the public as his resignation, and will go far to restore confidence.

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