A remarkable letter on Pan-Islamism and disaffection in Egypt from
a Cairo correspondent has appeared in the Temps. The writer, while asserting that some of the disaffection may be due to the arbitrary methods of certain members of the Egyptian 'Administration, finds that the real cause. is Pan- Islamism, fomented by a Press campaign headed by the Lewa, the organ of Mustapha Kamel—who is in close touch with Baron Oppenheim, a zealous Pan-German attached to the Germans in Egypt—and supported by the funds supplied by the agents of the Yildiz camarilla. In support of these assertions the writer quotes freely from the Lewa, which he describes as the most important Pan-Islamist paper in the world. The fellah, he explains, does not read, but be has the papers read to him. Formerly his head was bowed to the ground by oppression, but prosperity has now given him time to turn his attention to politics, and while the small minority of enlightened Mussulmans realise the futility of an anti- European campaign, the vast majority are fanatics. The Lewa, he further points out, rails not merely against England, but against France, and is prohibited in Algeria and Tunis. On the other hand, the revival of Mussulman ambition, according to the writer, is fostered by Germany, which has in Cairo a well- organised Mussulman bureau. In conclusion, he pronounces the Pan-Islamic propaganda to be a real danger to France as well as England, and declares that the result of Mustapha. Kamel's campaign must influence British policy in the direction of a protectorate or annexation. These are large and premature deductions, but the facts in regard to the Press campaign furnish striking confirmation of the disaffection admitted by Lord Cromer and Sir Edward Grey.
