on the whole, are an industrious and harmless people.
For centuries they have been slaves to Greeks, Romans, Persians, Turks,
and Crusaders from every land. They have been doomed to serve because
of their inability to lead and control. They are content to serve so
long as justice reigns. Egypt to-day is better governed, more
prosperous, happier than it has ever been in its history. Cromer,
Kitchener, the Tommy, the Engineer, and the men of the "Egyptian Civil"
have given their noblest efforts to crush corruption, to kill decay, to
make the native full-fed and serene.

Discontent in Egypt is the work of a few who have cast off their native
garments, donned the clothes of the Westerner, and acquired a
smattering of things. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. These
young _effendis_ are the fools who would step where angels fear to
tread. These malcontents spurred and led Arabi Pasha (a true patriot)
to his doom. The self-same type have recently sent a Khedive into
shame and exile. These so-called "Nationalists" were the willing tools
of German and Austrian agents who aimed at capturing Egypt and
dominating the route to India. Before the war there was a German spy
in every town from Alexandria to Khartoum. These spies even supped at
the table of the late Khedive. While they went their way they smiled
and called us fools. Eagerly they lived for the day when Enver Pasha
(the well-paid Moslem adventurer) would lead his deluded Turks against
the British host.

The great dream of the Khedive, his Nationalists and German agents
failed because of the courage and shrewdness of "K" and his men. While
the world waited for the Holy War and the fall of Egypt, the great
Australian host was quietly landing on Egypt's shores. In this army
were such men as the Kangaroo Marines--fearless, tireless, and ready
for adventure. The tramp, tramp of their feet made traitors shiver and
flee; their physique, their chins, their corded arms spread over the
Delta and the desert a sense of might and courage.

"There can be no rebellion. The Australians are too big, too strong.
Allah is against us," said the wise men in the little hamlets by the
Nile.

"These are white men--not black," muttered an _effendi_ to his friend,
as the Australians marched through intriguing Cairo. Like many
Egyptians, he had imagined Australians to be of a nigger mould.

"Yes, infidels and sons of dogs," growled a priestly fanatic.

"What men--wh