BRITAIN IN EGYPT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 20, 18 July 1911, Page 5

BRITAIN IN EGYPT.

LORD KITCHENER'S APPOINTMENT. PRESS CRITICISM. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received 17, 11.30 p.m. London, July 17. The Times dwells on the significance of Ijord Kitchener's appointment, implying that Sir E. Grey's policy, outlined in Parliament thirteen months ago, will be carried out with resolution and judgment. The paper adds that Lord Kitchener has proved himself a great soldier and a great military administrator, and his countrymen expect him to ; prove a great civilian. The Daily News describes Sir E. Grey as a "convinced Cromerite," who defended even the atrocities at Dcnshawi, 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 on 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 Office 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.