THE KHEDIVE'S CURTNESS.
Once again (says the "Daily News" correspondent in Cairo) the Khedive has shown great want of discretion in his attitude towards the nation whom he has to thank for his present position as Viceroy of Egypt. The Ministers who came specially to Cairo to attend the Jubilee festivities determined to send a telegram asking His Highness to order all Government offices to be closed on Tuesday, in honour of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee. The Khedive sent a curt reply to the effect that tlie English might have a holiday, but that he declined to sanction the closing of the -Ministries. This ungracious act has called forth the strongest criticisms amongst all classes, and even the most Anglophobe party consider the present was an occasion which Avarranted an act of courtesy, and would certainly have gone far in bringing his Highness into better favour at Court.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 211, 11 September 1897, Page 4 (Supplement)
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148THE KHEDIVE'S CURTNESS. Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 211, 11 September 1897, Page 4 (Supplement)
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