The new Egyptian Legislative Assembly was inaugurated on Thursday by
the Khedive with much ceremony. Led by the Premier, Said Pasha, the Ministers and Delegates filed past the throne and took the oath of fealty. The Khedive in his inaugural speech, as we learn from the Pimee, described the extension of the electoral system which had been accom- plished and the new openings for men of capacity. Above all, he emphasized the fact that the number of nominated members was limited to "the indispensable minimum figure which will alone ensure the representation of minorities." He explained the procedure for exchanges of opinion between the Government and the Assembly, and the power now vested in the Assembly to propose laws "for the economic well-being of the country." Although the excite- ment of the occasion was great, there were characteristically few outward demonstrations. It is now open to the Assembly to prove its capacity for the further Constitutional institutions which it desires, but which will be very properly withheld till the faculty for using them clearly appears.
