MR. ROOSEVELT ON EGYPT.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—A propos of Mr. Roosevelt's remarks on the increased prosperity of the Soudan under British guidance, I was stationed in my ship at Suakin in the early days of our occupation. Starvation was rife in the land, and every after- noon a dole of bread was issued by the Government to the starving Soudanese, nearly all women and children, most of the men having been killed or made slaves by the Mandi. It was a pitiable sight. I never imagined that human beings could be so frightfully emaciated without dying, and many gave in before reaching the carts, and if any bread remained undistributed there was a fierce fight for it. I wish that some of the criticisers of Mr. Roosevelt's speech could see and realise what many of us necessarily expatriated Englishmen have seen and experienced; they would perhaps then realise the blessings of British rule and intervention.—I am, Sir, &c.,
COMMANDER, R.N.
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