LORD KITCHENER AND NATIVES.
Lord Kitchener lias inaugurated the new gigantic scheme of draining the extensive marshlands of the two provinces of Gharbiah and Behera, in Lower Egypt. At the small village of Ibshaan, where the work of draining is to begin, thousands of fellaheen, notables, beys, and pashas collected to welcome him. Rising in the midst of this assembly, Lord Kitchener said to them :
"To-day we inaugurate a scheme which shall provide labor and sustenance to millions of fellaheen. The fatigues of our journey here have not been hi vain, by the grace of Allah, whose help and guidance for mc, for you, and for the good of Egypt I always implore." After Lord Kitchener had cut the first turf 2000 laborers set to work with the greatest energy, their labor being every now and then punctuated with shouts of "Long live the Great Lord, long live the Noble One."
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Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 92, 7 June 1912, Page 7
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151LORD KITCHENER AND NATIVES. Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 92, 7 June 1912, Page 7
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