Show Egypt Aflame H With it Nationalism Revolts Demands Independence Independence- ence- ence a i Ji 1 1 70 Q 1 i bT r Is 1 v ti r y I II I n nr s' s sr syr r r r At yr vi r rl l i 4 y s MrYr yr W I General Allenby map of Egypt Abbas II khedive ex-khedive of Egypt Egypt upper right the late late Sultan Hussein HUE Kamel Kunel el I I lower ow r left ler and n Ahmed Fuad rl a Pasha b the new khedive e of E Egypt I L n e t u. u u. u ii is in allame t 1 nationalism The desire for freedom freedon which has lain dormant for or years h has haq a ad q sprung up again ag Into a full Cull fledged fledge d revolution General hero 0 of oC C the Palestine has liaR been ben made mado high higi 11 h t commissioner of or Egypt J and has gone ion e there to quell the revolt Clever cr u us ute c coC of oC President Wilsons Wilson's doctrines doctrine o of or orI f I determination self b by Buelow Buelo w of Germany German in their propaganda 1 L train against a aln l the tho entente Is responsible fo for tor forthe r the insurrection which has grown rO t to 10 such proportions that English En lIsh troops troop S ordered s sen sent ent 1 homo home from E have hav o he been en asked ed to remain to prevent pos poe possible sible annihilation of or the troops which h I were v to be left leet there The rho spirit of oC nationalism was first firs t instilled into tho Egyptians EI forty forts ort years ears a ago o b by Ismail Ismall wicked d l but Influential When In the tho face of or the extraordinary extraordinary revelations re of the international 1 commission of or inquiry Into th the Au Au- genn stable gean-stable stable of oC E Egyptian finance h ho e I found that he no longer could pursue 0 I his ils favorite policy of oC playing off on ono one c foreign power a against another h he e i the tho mantle mantIc of oC that particular r brand of or patriotism which is is 5 the last refuge refugo of or a scoundrel National lain t was wa something utterly unknown In his hla s dominions up co Xo 0 that time lime lie He called It t Into 1110 life through h an appeal to hii his 4 people and to his army rm against th the e t 1 q C t e c f L r S I t l I I i oppression Ul Ol uw for whose whoso solo benefit he ho contended his hla subjects were so il hea heavily bur burdened ened with taxes T This ls s outbreak led toll determination on the tho part of or the powers to remove c him from rom his throne and elevate his eldest son Tew to tho the in his stead Nationalism thus called into life b by 11 J Ismail grew row and developed under tho rho JI new W reign largely ci owing to the lire weak ness Hess and Indecision of oC Khedive Finally In the nationalist re rebellion re- re bellion broke brok out led lell by bv Arabi Pasha nationalist program program provided for the tho repudiation of oC the tho national debt the bonds of or which were heldt held entirely in foreign countries the tho cancellation canu can enn- Oon u of uC all oll individual obligations I of or native Egyptians to foreign creditors credit credit- ors and the abolition of or tenths nine-tenths of the tho taxation It was accepted with enthusiasm and tho the Arabi Insurrection insurrection tion lion o of ISSN 1882 ensued It culminated In Inthe the bombardment of Alexandria and andI andIn In the military occupation of ot Egypt b by Great Groat Britain J. J the remainder of or the tho reign d tf Townie due to such men menns menus us S Lord Cromer and Kitchener little was heard of or nationalism But within d a i year tar or two after s 's death and the succession of ot his son Abbas the nationalists became stron stronger stronger stronger-so so er-so so much muche so o that the English were unable to uria lIna any an ui HOSI m statesman I 1 ly b friendly to them to bo be trusted with I the office of oC prime minister The he They I finally had to content them themselves cs cl with witha a a. Christian Copt Boutros Pasha for Cor forthe forthe the job joh and when ho he sho showed ed a disposition disposition dis dis- ls- ls I I position to lean toward the British rather than toward the nationalists I the latter assa assassinated him It a was about this time that Germany Germany Ger Ger- man many be began an to show her hand I In I lg Egypt pt pt Baron Max at it at one onetime onetime onetime time a a. familiar figure in New York and Newport was attached to the German German Ger Ger- man legation at Cairo under the tho pretext pretext pretext pre pre- text of or facilitating his alleged ar archaeological archaeological U ar- researches Provided Pro with T apparently illimitable funds he hc devoted otc himself to cultivating the nationalist nationalist na na- na- na leaders and to tho development develop ment of or their movement mO When at nt last the great Ireat war came arne In the summer of oC 1914 1311 and Khedive A Abbas Ab Ab- b- b bas has went out of hi his wa way to openly es- es pouso tho German cause the British I deposed him banished him from tho the countr country and sequestrated his estates I terminating the vassalage of E Egypt pt to Its costI costly suzerainty to the Sublime Porte and converting It Into an independent independent inde inde- pendent su under the protectorate protectorate protectorate of Great Britain Prince J flue Ius- Rein coin a a. most enlightened and progressive sive man the favorite son of Khedive I Ismail was elevated to the throne as sultan mItan Hussein unfortunately died I I very ery suddenly in 1917 1911 i. i and as his son was too much of or a scapegrace and had hat been involved In ht too man many scandals scandals scandals scan scan- dals to admit of his succession Great Grett Britain selected Sultan Hussein's younger half-brother half Prince l as the tho only available a candidate for tho the throne Fouad Is IN quite a n weak vessel essel though very ery amiable and loyal to the English He lie Is In cr very cry poor health suffering from heart disease and has I no son As at the tho time or tile the Pasha rebellion in 1882 the nationalist In Insurrection of tolla today adopting the war ar I cry of or g Egypt for the Egyptians de demands do- do mands complete freedom from that British control to which the country I is iJ indebted for Cor such Incalculable benefits ben ben- I c cuts and for such uch phenomenal pros pros- The nationalists exact a as i thirty seven years ago aso the repudiation tion of the foreign debt and tense cOMe consequent quent relief relict from Crom taxation the tho na- na In E Egypt pt th the tho departure r of oC every very foreign official In Egyptian n service IC the tho dl disappearance appearance of every evert British soldier from Egyptian soil and last but not least tho ownership and nationalizatIOn nationalisation that Is tho the complete com corn photo control of ot the Suez canal I 1 |