
Seventh: the Occupier's response and the Milner mission
Point 7 of 12 — Lesson 7: The Popular Revolution of 1919, Building National Identity and the ConstitutionQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)
07 Seventh: the Occupier's response and the Milner mission
Modifying British policy
- Britain realised it faced a popular revolution with no precedent since the occupation of September 1882, one that force could not settle.
- It decided to:
- release Saad Zaghloul and his companions and allow them to travel to Paris;
- block the Wafd's road in Paris by obtaining recognition from the powers of the British Protectorate;
- send the Milner mission to persuade Egyptians to accept the Protectorate.
The result of the Delegation's travel
- The Peace Conference recognised the Protectorate, but Saad did not despair: he stayed in Paris addressing the parliaments of Europe.
- He led the national movement inside Egypt through the Wafd's Central Committee, whose secretary-general was Abdel Rahman Fahmi.
Boycotting the Milner mission
- Saad instructed a boycott of the mission, because negotiating with it would mean the people relinquishing the Wafd's agency.
- Every class responded, even school pupils, and they demonstrated against the mission.
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