18 SEPTEMBER 1920, Page 3

On the other hand, the correspondent says, there are many

who confess their satisfaction and admit that the scheme " meets quite ninety per cent. of their real desires." The cries of " Vive l'Angleterre I " when the four delegates arrived were certainly significant. Still it is too early to prophesy how Egyptian opinion will shape itself. It is generally thought that Zaghlul Pasha made a mistake in writing a letter from Vichy explaining the course of events during the past year. It is said that having allowed his four colleagues to go to Egypt to lay the terms before their countrymen, he should have left the field free to them. Instead of that he made their tank more difficult by putting a complexion on the London conversations which is likely to strengthen the opponents of the scheme.