General Watson, the British Commander in Egypt, has lind to
give the Egyptian Nationalists a sharp reminder that there are limits to British patience. Last Saturday, Said Pasha Zaghlul, Limit Pasha Sidky, Mohamed Pasha Mahmoud, and Named Pasha Basil, the four chief Nationalist leaders, were arrested and deported to Malta. Zaghlul Pasha, a Vice President of the Legislative Assembly, had shown his hostility to Great Britain in Lord Kitchener'x term of oilier, and seems to have continued his intrigues throughout the war. The High Commissioner has been very tolerant towards the Nationalists, in accordance with our traditions, but %lighted and his colleagues must of late have overstepped the hounds of prudence. It is well for the Egyptians to know that the British Protee orate, which has conferred untold blessings on them, is not to be undermined by intriguing Pashas. After defending Egypt at great cost against the Turks and Germans, we shall not let the Nationalists throw the country into confusion.
