The Egyptians for the specifications and conditions required, and within the deadlines, my hope is strong in the possibility of gradually replacing Europeans with Egyptians in positions that currently necessitate the use of Europeans due to the Egyptians' lack of knowledge in industries and arts. However, this replacement will be slow by necessity, and haste will only lead to disappointment and failure, which will likely lead to a reaction that harms Egyptian interests. I said that some Europeans are employed because their technical or industrial knowledge is indispensable, and others are employed as a supplement due to a deficiency in the Egyptian character. These latter are a burden compared to the former, but they often imitate them in their functions. And in this regard, I will not prolong the discussion, for if I wished to explain the necessity of employing Europeans for such a purpose, I would have to write a long article on the strong character of a nation to which I am much more inclined and sincerely sympathetic. If I did so, my words could be misinterpreted, and it would be said that I intend to appeal to emotions that I am very keen to manage and treat with extreme gentleness. I would then have to explain the reasons that cause difficulties when the East tries to absorb the spirit of the West and adopt its administrative methods. This is not the place for such a discussion, so I will suffice here by saying that replacing Europeans with Egyptians in such positions requires a longer time than their employment in technical and industrial positions, as strong character is slow to develop, and education in schools of all kinds is only one of the elements that change and refine it. The most that can be said is that it should not appear that the most important of its moral and intellectual qualities, which together form character, are lacking. It seems to me that the most significant deficiency, sometimes leading to reform, in the Egyptians' readiness for administration is the fear of personal responsibility. They lack the ability to perform the duties of responsible officials with the necessary steadfastness, intelligence, and consideration for others. The Egyptian typically tends towards extremism in thought and action.

Regarding the facts of the situation, although I have strived to observe the employment of Europeans in the Egyptian government in general and the appointment of certain individuals to important positions has been brought to my attention "as a custom," I have not investigated this in detail for years. I have limited myself to clarifying the policy that should be followed in such matters for the benefit of the interests, leaving ample room for discretion in its implementation. And I believe that if we had followed another approach...