THE EGYPTIAN TROUBLE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12775, 20 October 1919, Page 4

THE EGYPTIAN TROUBLE.

AN AUSTRALIAN VIEW.

Tight Horsemen who arrived in Sydne\ by the transport J)elta rmuitly [>l edict anrilmr in Kg'pi.

Hmy say tile whole, country is pea-rnrr-Tc<-i hy tho woltitionarr ppirit-, hn I Hm! at titf lir-t, jovournbU- opportmun •. there * vii 1 ho blood-spiilina: on a Lh_' .‘■mile between t) u . Nyppu;-," n? fta,-'-,

arr styled. mid the Friti-n soldiers, A group nf newly -arrived men were ■•in.Tnnunu.s in pr-di< i ing anotimr die lure a nee.

i pot tb? bang; of thoir pretty said th r. ebmf w pf all ot the group. “ ,nnii mail,-. fri< ni)s -.riib Q'lil e a lot- of the "'<>U-edimnTerl rli.v.s-not-had follows, either. yon ran tnko il from nav Tlmv are very (■•rrpv i | pii!! i l lim I'mitisll. and pinto 'iet«r. mined in strike another blow for self* government-.

WHKX THE AERIES I.F.AVB. “ IVy ."II tho srtm- ihinv, ‘ AV;rit lint;! ill' 1 All > I TM li:i 11 w Ifv.vr :m*l .--oo wll.’t impp-pir-. 1 iu'iv ix’: l1 ■ r>{ t!\o ])inTi r:. js, o.vll im;‘ ry. :iu/i K hn,~?*(| i\r\. <>nl v upon ''hat they hav- beard of tho exp!ojt,> of our boys in Palestine, ffhilih pnli ami F.-rtu-o, b'lt also upon a more intonate knowledge of what happened 'hiring t'no la.st I'pvptinn rtsinp. Tim lirnt played by Iho l.iyht Homo in ‘o] a.) --In ny that a-lao' ‘-cefpv In hare loi'ii hanil y roi'iipiiisod hr anvoim ox_ ropT tho h.yppos l Icilselves. ll tiirif os* 11 n a 1. 1 o! tllo prowess of tho Ai: s: ,”a! in ns is somewhat exa"gernted. it is equally pertain that tia% .= !•; .•tin-ly umW-esrhn.ate tho value (; - llm Mritisli Tommy as a iipbtrr. '1 her sav openly, ‘ We car. !H C 'tl,,. |; i , !| .p' hi'i • *' r y <!■» '' • Tommy can juju all rm:,t. Ih(. 11 o 1 .. ]i r. nonid 'ln a l :| 't i"r ioi ! i improve:! leadership. T’i ~n an-.in, t;io I’tiH-h hat e raalnria! ami ory.i ni.-a tin;; . jo.i : ,i x he r( . n , Y . *■'* t h"n all over t!m phwe. |f x (~. ti')ipns n.111,. ont a rain tier will machiiU'-yurMi-.d ,-,. n PEEXTY or A.IOI'h X‘>{. that l.lmy ;.. YJ II ||,| rmod | I;; . A> a mailer oi fa, t, r i K . , im\o thoy bnvo phmty „f amis and ammunition, mostly hidden aivav ~ , T ,i.■ lb,- riliaoos. _ r-unic; .oir ( h|- do-.v-. towards tlm Son da ;i mi ~, tln , ;i . rifles. hut aI l Ih-it ih,. wi'in- forth to hi; ry all warhko „'. ;u ami it was derm ofhomm i., y favonroftnothorl of pottinc rilh-s out ~f ,i----towns was to boh! a boons iuimral move than one or.rtnpo vans held ami the fi'flin found in contain unns

A I'M n, t:: p I'! rlo i ami mumt , ! uow i'i the posses,ion <m’ J h,> Kv i;, ‘ were undoiiht c< 11 v jnad . 1.1 slum: ~n I I;U' Hun- and tin- Tiii ks. ; ,nd ill.-',,.! ought t« be hanging )■■;■ rim j.., , i!un have been going on. | don t ihioh : tboy have pn Itiild ni iiim-li Au-w- 1 !i•; stuff. though I liavo known •(A p|,o'-' ■ to od'er ii."> to 1-_'U to;- automa'i i r ; , voivors. riucb pri -■ s v.-oro not poui m I order in pievid.- toys for Ahdui. j )M „„r. j DAT) RMHAVIOUit DENIED. ' . Iho Eight Horsemen indignantly oj : • til Oil the reports alleging lioiio n,,,,,- ! Oil the part of ti;.- Australians m j Egypt. . i font sort of tbuig has boon mitng ( on ever since «-•> went to Egypt s.u-; • the spokesman. “Wo -ik-t fi’u> irtapp. . goats for every bit of mi lit ;i t y uoiil.de ! that happened there. As a mail ter ol : tact, riots did: (.cent- in several camps ! between the signing of the armistice j and the time v.e left, but tin- Diggers I ivyro never mixed no in them. except i ou one or twiv occasions when they set ' out iu stop tbp rioting. ‘ | “ Just before we left, there was a j rumpus at Ismailia. in which some Mew , Zealanders, who reckoned their re- | patrinirim wag being unduly delayed, I took a hand- When the riot was settled ) and the 5 clink ' idled, only one t) f those arrested was found to lie in Australian unifornii Ho was a Tommy tn borrowed ‘ clobber.' “ We have not come away too £.at~ rilled with the way they do things in Egypt. We were continually warned about the dangers of had liquor, hut t,, | the last all the best hotels were closed i to all except officer?. And despite ol ( repeated protests, we were forced to ! travel third-class in the. trains, with \ the niggers, right to the bitter end. j “ Son - y to leave Egvpt? Ha, ha. 1 hi'd”