Show lord cromer romer on english reform in egypt lord cromer in his annual report upon the condition of egypt says the treasury closed the year ear with an excess of revenue over expenditures ot ol fl the largest yet et realized and with a reserve of the accumulated savings of the past year vear the main principle says lord cromer upon which the work of reform in egypt has been based from the begin ning may ma be summed up in a single phrase european head bead and egyptian hands our task here is not to rule the egyptians but as far as possible pos sibie le to teach the egyptians to rule themselves i the peace and tranquillity of the village milage population that is to say sa of the great mass of the inhabitants of eget have greatly increased village life is no longer to so great extent troubled by political dissensions the result generally of some cairo complication which has been misunderstood and misinterpreted an interesting proof of the peaceful and contented conte nied spirit just I 1 now prevailing among the people iq 19 found in the fact that the present disturbed condition of other parts of the i turkish empire and the consequent ill j feeling which has been aroused be tween the mohammedan and christian subjects of the sultan have produced no I 1 serious senous symptoms of any kind in egypt ex exchange ch an ge |