15 MARCH 1930, Page 24

THE SUCCESSOR OF ABBAS II

In the critique of the book entitled A Few Words on the Anglo-Egyptian Settlement, by Abbas Hilmi H, which appears in your columns of the 8th instant, your reviewer is incorrect in stating that the present King of Egypt succeeded Abbas II when the latter was deposed in 1914. The fact is that Abbas II was followed by the Sultan Hussein, and it was he who was succeeded on October 9th, 1917, by the present King of Egypt—Fund I.—J. N. FARLEY, Manager, Egypt Travel Bureau, 60 Regent Street, London, W. 1.