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BRITISH OCCUPATION OF EGYPT.

THB NATIONALIOTS' CONGBES'S. AJI. "EMPHATIC- PROTEST. !"'-""• Pjhbs l t (Reed. SepU 16, '9.40 a.m.) v . T ""CAIRO, Wednesday. " .One hundred : and 'twenty ' Egyptian delegates,, and Messrs 'Keir Hardie_ aiid &. Jfarnea, M'"s.P., : attended the' .Young Egypt- Congress. - . -':Geh'efal Mahomed Bet Farid,. Chief of •the '■- National Party, declared that they would' never ask Britain- for. a. constirtution, but^seek it from tie Khedive, and 'soon obtain, it. ■ ■■'.' — ■Hainid Alaidy read a., paper in English; -declaring . that it was not- --Engr. land's-business to put down, anarchy in :E-rypt.any more thaain Memco or Po-. land. : - -.-'-■ . ,' z, "i •- j -- AA telwram was despatched .remindiog the : House bf Commons, of Bntams rSerated: promise to evacuate Egypt,; a-ha-ciie was also sent to Hilmi vfacha;' TBeSging. him to.TUse' his 'influence wiOi Bntain to secure a .withdrawal ; of the TtSlOpS.-- .-'-. :■!.'■ ; :.vv xi ■-.k.r'TMrTT. M." Kettle, TM.P.. for Tyrone' ■East, ; assured -the ..Congress of IrelaJid s Empathy ' in 'the' struggle for independence, and .added- that- Britain had,oxit'stayed her welcome Vin' Egypt \' r -J. ;;^lr Keir Hardier promised to defend •Egypt's j -cause iii- the JHo'use of Com-; nions. T. " ;J t - ii.-. -- "- - r ' i -^-:. - -' '-■- * .',,.

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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 16 September 1909, Page 3

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BRITISH OCCUPATION OF EGYPT. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 16 September 1909, Page 3

BRITISH OCCUPATION OF EGYPT. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 16 September 1909, Page 3