17 DECEMBER 1921, Page 14

LORD CURZON AND EGYPT.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—No one who values the extraordinary pioneer labours of Lord Cromer in building up a responsible government in Egypt can read without feelings of shame and humiliation the reply of Lord Curzon to the moderate and most reasonable demands of Adly Pasha. To invite an official delegation to London merely to slap its face is exactly the way to undo the work of Lord Cromer, and every friend of decent and fair dealing will heartily rejoice if the Anglo-Egyptian negotiations are immediately resumed under happier auspices, so that the Egyptian ship of state may not drift, rudderless, into dangerous