The general impression one gathered from Lord Corzon's statement in
the House of Lords on Thursday week is that the unrest and riot in Egypt, which have not yet wholly subsided, must be attributed to effects of the war. Evidently the Egyptian Government were taken by surprise ; and that implies defective polite intelligence, due partly, perhaps, to war claims-upon the staff. Claims of another kind—demands by minor officials on behalf of war funds—stirred up popular discontent. Also Egypt's amour propre had been abraded by her exclusion from the Peace Conference. No doubt Lord Miner's mission may discover other causes of disquiet, and make practical suggestions for permanent pacification, in spite of Young Turk and enemy activity in sowing tame. Mr. Roosevelt's advice, quoted last week in our review of his Life, is pertinent just now. We condenee it into four words—" Govern or. get out."
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