MR. CHURCHILL AND EGYPT

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1922, Page 6

MR. CHURCHILL AND EGYPT

Reading between, the lines of recent cablegrams, there would seem to be a great deal of difference oi: opinion in the Old Country as to whether the Churchill policy towards Egyptian nationalism has bettered- the Milner policy. Lord Milner startled the. public by^ the extent of the concessions he proposed to Egypt; and then left office. Mr. Churchill succeeded him, and, f while maintaining "a strong silence," gave the general impression of a desire to be " firm." And now the Observer declares that Mr. Churchill "is preventing the -British Cabinet from dealing with the Egyptian problem on the progressive lines which Mr. Lloyd George and Lord. Curzon- favour"; also that the High Commissioner, Lord Allenby, " is coming home with his resignation in his pocket." Mr. Churchill seems to j possess a reputation which no amount of failure can seriously depress, but to the Dominions' public it must seem strange that an. important Imperial problem can be handled in such a personal and mysterious way. Australasia is vitally interested in the great- sea route which Egypt sits upon • and India faces. The time has surelyarrived when the policy of the British Government should be stated, instead of the personal leanings of Mr. Churchill being vaguely hinted by "inspired" publicists. '■■■