SULTAN OF EGYPT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLVIII, 22 December 1914, Page 5

SULTAN OF EGYPT

PRAISE FOR THE AUSTRALASIANS. - ( • CAIRO, Dec. 21. Prince Hussein, in a newspaper interview, said he hoped that in futuro the Egyptians would hasten to defend the country as readily as the splendid troops whom'they had "a daily opportunity of admiring at Heliopolis had done. Prince Hussein replied to tho King's address as follows: —"I desire to express to your Majesty my deepest gratitude for the* friendly -sentiments with which you have been graciously pleased to honour] me ; and also, for the valuable support of j which you have assured me in safeguarding the integrity and independence of Egypt. I am "conscious of the respor.- > .■abilities 1 am about io assume, and am determined to devote myself entirely to meeting the progress and welfare of my people . I am fortunate in being able to relv upon the- goodwill of Your Majesty and the assistance of Your Majesty's Government in the accomplishment of my task." THE NEW ZEALANDERS. LONDON. Dec. 21. Ti..» 'Daily Telegraph's" Cairo correspondent writes that the New Zealand troops are splendid material, and their keenness is unmatched. Imperial officers are surprised at the excellent condition of the New Zealand horses. No British cavalry regiment could have brought them out better. EXEMPLARY BEHAVIOUR OF THE TROOPS. MELBOURNE, Dec. 21. Mr Bean cables that, the Egyptian newspaper "Misr," commenting on the Australasian troops, says:—"lt suffices us to be proud and happy under the'Bri-

j tish protectorate when 1000 soldiers are ! invading the streets of thei capital -with- | out having a' record of a single act ofaggression. Were these Turks we would j see a succession of scenes: ' . .