BRITISH PRESTIGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1709, 27 December 1919, Page 5

BRITISH PRESTIGE.

ITS EFFECT UPON EGYPT. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association LONDON, Doc. 22. Sir lan Hamilton, writing .to the Times concerning the loss of British prestige in Egypt, relates an interesting conversation between Kitchener and himself during the closing days,of the evacuation of Gallipoli. Kitchener stated that unless the evacuation was immediately followed by a fresh attack in an adjacent theatre it must for years unsettle tho Near East, particularly Egypt as being an object lesson, in smashing tho legend of the invincibility of British soldiers. Tho ultimate victory would not affect the issue, because ideas move slowly in the-East.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association LONDON, Dec. 22. On the occasion of tho Royal assent to the Government of Incla Act, the King issued a proclamation expressing conficlonot that all sections and races in India would display mutual forbearance in the march towards tho goal of re- | sponsible government. The proclamo- | tion announces tho amnesty of political • offenders convicted under special or emergency legislation. I CAIRO, Dec. 23. ! Tho strike of Native lawyer* continues. Government officials are rostiVo and inclined to strike. , A strong Mussolman protest has been made against English soldiers wearing boots and penetrating mosque in pursuit of Natives.