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Demonstration in Cairo.
CAIRO, May 0. There was a remarkable demonstration at Cairo yesterday in connection with the departure of Lord Cromer. Twelve hundred people, including high British and Egyptian officials, assembled at the Opera House to bid him farewell and thank him for his services. Lord Cromer, in an energetic speech, reviewed tho re- 0 cent histoi-y of Egypt, and said his two objects had been the restoration of good understanding with France and the introduction of the Liberal spirit into the system of Government. He placed great emphasis on the fact that the British occupation of Egypt would continue for an indefinite period. Lord Cromer added: “The newspapers, bolh European and local, expressed the hope that Sir Eldon Gorst would follow my policy. Kir Eldon Gorst will follow it.”
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Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 38, 7 May 1907, Page 4
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