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Show IflTCIIQIER'S STRONG ARM INjGYPT Conqueror of the Soadan Placed at Head of Egyptian Egyp-tian Affairs. LONDON. Aug Exeept among the Egyptian Nationalists, who, however, bava been vary quiet of lata, the. appoint ment of Lord Kitchener aa British agent In Egypt and tha Soudan has bean re-cefved re-cefved with tbe greatest enthusiasm. Hare In .England satisfaction la espreaeed t tha fact that tha government haa at last found torn thing for tlia greatest of Brit fsh generals to do, something that la considered con-sidered worthy of hla talents, while the British residents In Kjrvpt have received the news with the greeteet dllght. Although Sir Edward Orey haa announced an-nounced In the houee of commons that the appointment of Lord Kitchener ds not foreshadew any ehange tn the govern- : ment's policy, there la a feeling, both : here and In Rgvpt. that If there la no change there will at least he a different . way of earning out that policy. Kitchener Kitche-ner a reputation give the Imperial list hope that he will deal a little more dras- ' tlcattv wtth rhoee ttaH-mallat who at the com men re men t of tha late Hlr Fid on Oorst'a administration attempted, and to some extent succeeded In stirring up trouble. ' fttrosff Man Heeded la Egypt. . Whlls the Natlonalfsta are on let and their leaders disassociate themselves from all talk of violence, there la known to be a great deal of smoldering discontent, encouraged en-couraged by t he Hoc lall st members of parliament. A strong man. It waa felt, was needed to keep this under, and In Kitchener the people believe they have 'the man. Hla long experience tn Kgypt and the Soudan further flta htm for the place and his appointment waa doubtless mad wtth the almost practical certainty -that British prestige would benefit from his administration. There are some optimists op-timists whe believe that this benefit will enread throughout the near east, and that , . .with Kitchener and a strong army In i Kvp4. Britain Will be able to formulate and carry out ana plana she may have In Turkey and Persia or frustrate any Whtmes bf other powers that might Interfere Inter-fere with England's pulley, alary of 956,000. ', lxrd Kitchener's full title la minister , tile nl potent la ry and consul general, and hla salary Is fSe.lMH) a year. In theory .be simply acta aa the authorised exponent of tne views and wishes of his government govern-ment to the government of Kgypt. In reellty, howevsr. he la arbiter of Rgvptlan poitrv. and wlH be responsible, under the Hrltlsh government, for the administration, administra-tion, of Ka-vot and the Soudan and the hedlve, the theoretical ruler, a bound to accept his advice. The khedlve la said to have opposed the appointment of Kitchener, Kitche-ner, for with a strong man at Cairo, the sultan's representative will have very lit Ule to aay. Trade unionists are looking forward with Interest to a light over the Question of the organisation of a rltlsen armv to ,t rslsed at thslr annual con g rem in Hen-4emhr. Hen-4emhr. Tha aub'et la to be brought forward bv the London Olaa Blowers' "M-iety la the form of the following resolution: reso-lution: , Oapoaa SUadlBf Army, i TMe eonereas realising that militarism and the existence of a regular standing army constitute a menaee to popular lib- ertv, is or the opinion that the time haa arrived for the institution of a real cltlsen annv. fret entirely from mllllarv law dur-u dur-u 4nr time ef peace, of Tire red entirely by the lection of the rank and (lie, Such ct lien li-en armv to be uaad for defensive purposes pur-poses only." ' The msmbers of the ennrreea are not Hv env means screed on this eub)ct. At , Previous oonsTeseea almllar resolutions have been defeated, the members declar tne themselvea oponeed to all forma of mlMtartem, If the pmpoeer of the reao . lutlon la to He credited, however, trads ttnlonlsr are romtna around to the view , j-eoeatedly unred by Will Thorns. M P ha labor member, that every man should 'be eornnulsortlv trained to bear arms, and -4 hat they should be or a. nlaed Into a rltlsen rltl-sen army to take th place of the stand-tna stand-tna army. A variety of opinions have heen riven by labor leaders and social reformers on the resolution. It la rather fnterestlns te hear Ht W. Iee. the aecre-tarv aecre-tarv of the aoclal Democratic federation, declaring that "mJlltarv tralnlna in some form or ether Is bound) to be Introduced Into thla country before ton, and we pre-Jer pre-Jer tn see It untversar nd In aa democratic demo-cratic a form aa possible, without the ap-piicatloo ap-piicatloo of mlUtary law In time of peace. " |