"PRAY FOR ENGLAND."

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 15 October 1914, Page 3

"PRAY FOR ENGLAND."

APPEAL IN A MOSLEM PAPER

The Raid el Osmani, a weekly Moslem paper of Tantah, edited by Sheikidi ftlojaanied Tewfik el Azhari (says the Egyptian Gazette, of August 22), publishes a lengthy leader under the following heading: "Pray for England, and ask God to help Her." We translate the following brief extracts from the article, which shows the Egyptian attitude towards Britain:

"In the present circumstances, while Great Britain is engaged in a cruel war, started by the ambitious Germans, the Egyptians feel a deep sympathy for tli& i'Oi'nier Government. Indeed. England, that wise colonising power, has always been kind to us, and during the long years of her occupation of our country' we have never heard of her trespassing on our rights or traditions and habits. . . Egypt can never accept any other occupation except that of the British.

"Some foolish people amongst us express themselves as friends of Germany, because Germany, so they say, is a friend of Turkey, raid they sympathise with them for this reason. But we fail to see that Turkey has drawn any benefit from the German friendship, which is based on political ambitions and ends,, as far as Germany is concerned. We; hope tlie Ottomans will realise this fact, and not be so. rash as to throw themselves into fateful danger by risking any attempt to support Germany iii this war.

"We sincerely hope that Great Britain will win in the end, and be crowned with victory, for we will never forget her good treatment and the keen interest she always takes to safeguard our interests. Nobody'can deny" this fact, except those who have never cared in the least if the country prospers or is ruined. We must absolve ourselves oi responsibility for the attitude of such unwise persons so that history may not record that we are an ungrateful nation.

"Pray for England, and ask God to help her." ■ . • .