THE FUTURE OF EGYPT 
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in Egypt, it is your first duty to keep order, and, above 
all things, also to punish murder and to bring to justice 
all who directly or indirectly incite others to commit 
murder or condone the crime when it is committed. 
When a people treats assassination as the corner-stone 
of self-government, it forfeits all right to be treated as 
worthy of self-government. You are in Egypt for 
several purposes, and among them one of the greatest is 
the benefit of the Egyptian people. You saved them 
from ruin by coming in, and at the present moment, if 
they are not governed from outside, they will again 
sink into a welter of chaos. Some nation must govern 
Egypt. I hope and believe that you will decide that it 
is your duty to be that nation. 
