تقرير البعثة الخاصة إلى مصر بقيادة اللورد ميلنر، وأوراق ذات صلة [و‎‎١‎٠‎٢] (٤٧٣/٢٠٥)

section of the core educated "gvptiar’ classes which v;as
not irre-oncilable again to beoo-e our friends. It was
necessary to take into account the sol''-respect and national
self-consciousness of the one Bight saj ,
tbew^cnceit: and that was why the term "Bi-lateral Agreement'
had been used, as it implied the frank recognition of their
nationality, of their having retained or retained a place of
their own "in the sun’, their relation to us being that of
all -, s3< not sublets or fellow-citizens. Throughout the
discussions phraseology and face-saving had played an enenrov.s
part, as the Hlssion realised that they were dealing with
Orientals and with children, very cle-er and potentially veri-
naughty children, but also people who, once they were con
vinced of our sincerity and real good will towards them, were
orronT-o^ Sor>p douM had bo^n expressed as to vdiat
Tnanar.eaol*^. dot-.. ua.u.c /£/
v:ith ”’hor. tho " icsir.n had deg ± n . rhere
extent the . EgyptiansAeprosented BgyptW. o^x.a
.. .- _ + had e^vry conceivable credential
was no quoglion that they naa e^
that unofficial emissaries could ha-.e. Then. W practically
no public body in Egypt which had not passed resolutions
, . 4.,.^' vir-fs and there was
saving that Zaghlul represented their vie s,
no V , , ot ,. rais-d on th, oth-r aide. This was, however, when
Zaghlul and his colleagues were supposed to advocate the
„ , H( , - ea1 question was how they would
extreme national demand. .he -ea_ q-<
s 4-wa it Tirraf advocat© ths per
be received when they went been, to F<t»o>P-
manent maintenance of a British Amy in F^pt and the peeman- ,
r,nt concentration O^g exceptional rig-,ts ow o crM ,nors in
opltish hands, typified by the dropping of the farou, U-u-
cate "cci plete" fmB. the fomula "ind^ndence". So far as
he (Lord uilner) could ma/.e out, however, their prcpc.
swept the board . Xt did not follow.
, t v,- tliou^ht it reasonable to say
feeling would continue, but he tUov,ht
, t , , lncr 0 f hostility against the British
that the don-inant feeling o. n
v vor- old fissure was once more
. in v rypt hud ‘-T ok * ‘ _
* Wr'i+■ ati*" e * a3 tne
^nnaii.t.-
apparent, and it was wider t.an . ■
; c -nt the party of unten .
order of the 'b y ■ ■ • c ' ' '
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