BRITAIN IN EGYPT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 124, 18 July 1911, Page 5

BRITAIN IN EGYPT.

LORD KITCHENER’S APPOINTMENT. PRESS CRITICISM. London, July V. The “Times” dwells on the significance of Lord Kitchener’s appointment, implying that Sir E. Orey's policy, outlined in Parliament Thirteen months ago, will bo carried (ut with resolution and judgment. The paper adds that Lord Kitchener las proved himself a great soldier ami a groat military administrator, and his countrymen expect him to prove a great civilian. The “Daily News” describes Sir E. Grey as a ‘‘convinced Cromente,” who defended even the atrocities at Denshawi, and might be capable of sending Lord Kitchener to Egypt with the deliberate purpose of reaction. It is difficult to conceive, says the paper, that Cabinet on the whole is not cn its guard against such an idea. Doubtless the Government remembered Lord Kitchener’s gifts, including his tact in dealing with men. It is clear the War Offi.ce is determined to have no Kitchener over it. His frank preference for professional efficiency over birth is distasteful to upholders of exclusiveness. Only a strong man, with the support of a sympathetic Government, could blow away the numbing miasma of snobbery spreading from the regimental barracks to the War Office itself. If Kitchener were such a man his failure to find a high military appointment at Home is not hard to explain. EGYPT SATISFIED. (Received 18, 8.5 a.m.) Cairo, July 17. ■Lord Kitchener’s appointment has evoked striking unanmity and approval. TWO VIEWS. (Received 18, 8.50 a.m.) London, July 17. Referring to Lord Kitchener, the “Chronicle” states that it is not enamoured of the idea of appointing a soldier of great position to the head of a civil administration, unless there are special circumstances in Egypt thoroughly justifying the choice. The “Chronicle,” however, eulogises his chivalry and attitude towards Major Marchand’s mission to Fashoda; also the peace negotiations at Vereeniging at the close of the Boer war. Such recollections should remove the Liberal misgiving. The paper adds: “A man of powerful personality is needed in Egypt at this juncture. Moreover, the Egyptians will find Lord Kitchener as just as ho is fearless.