THE NEW EGYPT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16744, 28 December 1914, Page 7

THE NEW EGYPT.

STATUS OF POPULATION. "Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. LONDON, December 25. The Homo Offico announces that now that Turkey's suzerainty in Egypt has been terminated, Egyptians have ceased to bo alien enemies though they do not become British citizens. SULTAN IS WELCOMED. LONDON, December 20. The Egyptian Prass is enthusiastic respecting tho now Sultan. Approval in the provinces is also very marked. Tho large Greek and Syrian colonies are delighted with tho change of regime. REALISATION OF LONG-FELT HOPE. EGYPTIAN PREMIER ON - NEW ERA LONDON, Decomber 26. Tho Prime Minister of Egypt in an interview said that the change in political status was the realisation of a long-felt hope. Owing te her geographical position, Egypt was of such importance as to excite tho eovetousness ""*' other nations, and in order to safe-

guard her integrity she must subsist under the regis of some great Power. Egypt desires to attain the ideal of internal autonomy. The solo nation fulfilling the condrtiono is Britain, who rs powerful enough to protect and whose traditions assure the realisation of Egypt's ideal. He advocates that the Legislative Assembly, hitherto only consultative, should be given a deliberative voice in internal affairs and thus serve an apprenticeship to complete deliberative powers.