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...example to Benito Mussolini of how to bear the white man's burden, all this was superb. Egypt has not been permitted to join the League of Nations and therefore cannot squawk at Geneva. King Fuad is a fat, docile puppet. The farce that Egypt is an "independent kingdom" has been played so long that everyone has his lines pat (TIME, Dec. 10). But last week Egyptians boiled with demands that their lickspit Premier Tewfik Nessim Pasha should at least make the turning to Alexandria into Britain's main Mediterranean war base the occasion for wangling some heavy...
Last week marked the 18th anniversary of the accession of fat, amiable, hoarse-voiced King Fuad to the throne of Egypt. Britain, who put him there, was acutely aware of two facts: 1) Fuad was educated in Italy, once served as an Italian artillery officer; 2) there are nearly twice as many Italians as Britons living in Egypt...
Three days prior to the anniversary celebration, King Fuad's son, solemn Crown Prince Farouk, 15, said good-by to his four small sisters, left the royal palace at Alexandria to be trained as a British army cadet at Woolwich. Few schoolboys ever had a more impressive sendoff. At Ras-et-Tin Palace, British High Commissioner Sir Miles W. Lampson was on hand for a farewell handshake, a bit of fatherly advice. In a glittering barouche behind an escort of Egyptian lancers the dark-skinned youngster drove through the streets of Alexandria to the quayside where he boarded...
...Fuad's official anniversary celebration brought forth more royal salutes banging from the bastions, the proclamation of a national holiday, and swarms of British planes buzzing overhead. Two days later, as a reminder of Britain's might, 10,000 British and Egyptian troops paraded through the streets. The Egyptian Cabinet voted an extra $1,000,000 for war materials, all of which must be spent in Britain, and War Minister Mohammed Tawfik Abdalla Pasha announced that Egyptian conscripts whose terms of service are about to expire will be held under arms until the present emergency is passed...
...Fuad the First would considerably outrank most Americans in official life, in education. He speaks three languages fluently. He is not overly fat but, like most Egyptians, is heavy according to American standards. He compares favorably with other rulers of the East and Near East in sagacity and desire to rule his subjects fairly. By your informant's own admission, the King has not had a free hand to do as he chose...