LAST NIGHT'S CABLES. UNREST IN EGYPT.
DEMANDS OF A CONGRESS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.
LONDON, September 15. The Young Egyptian Congress, sitting at Geneva, demanded the immediate evacuation of Egypt by the British and urged the Khedive to re-establish the Constitution. Mahomed Fab my, who presided, appealed to Europe- for support. Mr Keir Hardie. in a sympathetic speech, urged the Egyptians to unite to educate their own people, in order to win independence. # '.nicy must discountenance all tendency to crime- and outrage and follow constitutional lines. He advocated autonomy for Egypt. It was outrageous to assert that Egyptians; were nnablo to perform voters' duties like the Turks. He added that the occupation was maintained only in tho interests of landowners and capitalists. Sir Edward Grey's statement that the occupation would he permanent had sullied Britain's honour in the eyes of the world.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9954, 16 September 1910, Page 1
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