[Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES.]
Cairo, Jan. 31, (Dispatch to The London Daily News.)--In order to
understand the bearing of the latest news upon Moslem opinion,
particularly in Cairo and Alexandria, it must be borne in mind that
Turkey still enjoys considerable military prestige here. Tens of
thousands of Egyptians continue to regard her one of the great powers.
They never believed the news of her defeat in the Balkans and the
reoccupation of Adrianople confirmed them in their skepticism. At the
same time, a secret German propaganda for some years before the war
did much to spread abroad the doctrine of German invincibility. It is
not to be wondered at, therefore, that a section of the population
holds entirely erroneous views as to the present balance of power and
requires unmistakable evidence of Turkish defeat to open their eyes.