THE NEW ERA IN EGYPT.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—When in Cairo, and after his retirement, Lord Cromer always declared " that the Spectator is a real friend of the Egyptians," and the record of his achievements in the Nile Valley include the warm and sincere interest taken by him in the career of Saad Pasha Zaghlul, who owed his first step on the ladder as Minister of Education to the good will of the great High Commissioner. If, therefore, Zaghlul, justly elated by the victory of national democracy at the polls, desires to serve his countrymen, he will remember that the sole aim of Lord Cromer was, by skilful and persevering reforms, to raise the fellah into a position of authority and self-respect.
As Constitutional Dictator, Zaghlul Pasha will not forget that, for better or for worse, he is called upon to guide the destinies of 15 millions ; and that British sympathy is not warped by the mistakes of policy made by British Govern- ments since August, 1914, in handling Egyptian questions.—
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