After the War Zaghlul and his Wafd Party conducted the
agitation for Egyptian independence with such unprincipled violence that he was deported to Malta. When Lord Allenby became High Commissioner he recom- mended the release of Zaghlul, who was not, however, immediately allowed to return to Egypt. In Paris Zaghlul directed the agitation with great effect. He showed a characteristic want of judgment when he ordered that Lord Milner's Mission to Egypt should be boycotted. Subsequently he wavered, almost accepted Lord Milner's generous solution, but finally made another twist and decided against the scheme. Another period of violence followed when Zaghlul returned to Egypt, and he was again deported—this time to the Seychelles. During this exile of Zaghlul, Lord Allenby persuaded the British Government to make the famous declaration which abolished the Protectorate, recognized the inde- pendence of Egypt and reserved certain questions for subsequent negotiations. This was much, though it was not by any means so satisfactory a solution as had been proposed by Lord Milner.
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