KITCHENER’S NEPHEW.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 14, 30 December 1925, Page 5

KITCHENER’S NEPHEW.

VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND, Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. Parker, a nephew of the late Lord Kitchener, who is visiting New Zealand, recently resigned from the Egyptian Frontiers’ Administration Department, under the scheme agreed upon between the British and Egyptian Governments. In an interview in Sydney, he evinced considerable sympathy for the Egyptians. and stated that the reports concerning the corruptness and inefficiency of Egyptians who have superseded British officials in the various State Departments were much exag gerated. Sir George Lloyd, the now High Commissioner for Egypt, he was sure, would be appreciated by the Egyptians for his manly character and administrative abilities. The departure of Viscount Allenby had been universally regretted. Lieutenant-Colonel Parker said that the majority of Egyptians had never seriously thought of governing the Sudan. The cry of “Sudan for the Egyptians” was raised by Zaghlul Pasha at one time as a convenient stick with which to beat the British, but when he wished to discard it he was not allowed to do so by his supporters. The riots in the Sudan at the time ol the Sirdar’s murder had necessitated, he said, the dismissal ot many Egyptian officials who filled minor appointments in the Sudan Civil Service. These officials, he stated, had always fulfilled their tasks well, and it was unfortunate for Egypt. The commission which was studying the dispute about the distribution of the Nile waters was making good progress. He had confidence m the future of Egypt.