General Allenby has restored order in Egypt by his prompt
and. firm measures. It seems clear that there was a widespread conspiracy, inasmuch as the railways and telegraphs were attacked and damaged simultaneously in different parts of Egypt. The domesticated Arabs along the Nile • banks are said to have been the worst offenders. Apparently some of these Arabs, living north of Assiut; were responsible for the shocking murder of two British officers, a prison inspector, and five British soldiers in the train from Luxor on March-18th. The officers and men, who were unarmed, were wantonly attacked and killed. The small Indian garrison at Aslant was besieged by Arab hordes for four days. The desert Arabs, for their part, have remained loyal. Last week- the native officials in Cairo were persuaded by the agitators to absent themselves from their work for three days, as a protest against Lord Curzon's tribute to their good behaviour. The Egyptian Nationalist is curiously small-minded.
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