One of these measures, the Public Assemblies Bill, which grants
facilities for public demonstrations— almost a pseudonym for riots in Egypt—is now before the Senate for its final approval before being submitted for the King's signature. The Cairo correspondent of the Times says that the foreign communities are particularly pleased with Sir Austen's last Note, which they think displays "unusual clarity and firmness." Evidently the foreigners were becoming alarmed. On the other hand, the correspondent says that the tone of the Note was much less severe than had been expected by the Wafd. Nahas Pasha, it is thought, is relieved. He stands his ground, but employs milder language. It is to be hoped that he sees that nothing is to be gained by quarrelling with us. British intentions are entirely friendly, but the Declaration of 1922 was itself a gift and cannot be treated as though it were a two-sided contract.
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