The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-20
CONTROL OF SOUDAN
CONVENTION BETWEEN GREAT
BRITAIN AND EGYPT is FL
NALLY MADE PUBLIC
BRITISH FLAG TO FLOAT
Nothing Can BE Done without the
Consent of the English Govern
ment-POwers of Governor Cen
eraI to BE Supreme--Martial
Law VIII Prevail Until He Sees
Fit to Proclaim Otherwise.

CAIRO, Jan. 19.-The official Gazette
today publishes a convention between
Great Britain and Egypt, relating to
the future government of the recon-
quered Soudan provinces. After re-
citing that the provinces were recon-
quered by the joint military and finan-
cial efforts of the British and khedi-
val governments. and setting forth the
desire to give effect to the claims that
have accrued to her Britannia majes-
tvs government by the right of con-
quest, the claim to share in the pres
ent settlement and future working de-
velopment of the administration of the
territories and pointing out that the
territories of Wady Halfa and Suakim
may be most effectively administered
in conjunction with the reconquered
provinces, the convention proceeds as
follows:
1t is hereby agreed and declared between
the undersigned duly authorized that the word
Soudan, in this agreement, means all the ter
ritories south oe the twentysecoDd parallel
latitude which have never been evacuated by
the Egyptian troops since 1882, or which, hav-
ing been administered by the khedive's gov
eminent 2ror to the late rebellion were
temporarily lost to Egypt and have been
reconquered by the British and Egyptian gov
errments acting in concert, or which may
hereafter be reconQnered by the two govern
ments acting in concert.
The British and Egyptian flags shall be used
together On both land and water, throughout
the Soudan, except Suakim, where the Egyp-
tian flag alone shall be used.
The supreme military and civil command
in the Soudan shall be vested In one officer
termed the governor general, appointed by the
khedival decree, with the consent of Great
Britain, and to be removed only be khedival
decree, with the consent Of Great Britain.
The next clause gives the governor
general absolute power to make, alter,
or abrogate by proclamation, laws, or
ders, or regulations for the good gov
ernment of the Soudan and for the
regulation, holding and disposal Of
property of every kind situate in the
Soudan but all such proclamatlons
must forthwith be notified to the
agent of her Britannia majesty at Cal
ro, and to the president of the khedi-
val council. No Egyptian law, decree
Or enactment hereafter made or pro-
mulgated is to apply to any part Of
the Soudan, save by the proclamation
of the governor general.
Regarding the conditions under
which Europeans shall be permitted to
trade, reside or hold property in the
Soudan, the convention says:
No special privileges shall be accorded the
subjects Of any one CT more powers. Import
duties shall not be levied on goods from
Egyptian territory, but they shall be leyiable
On goods from elsewhere. In the case Of
goods entering the Soudan at Suakn or any
other Red Sea port, the duties must not ex-
ceed the amount leviable upon foreign goods
entering Egypt Duties may be levied upon
goods leaving the soudan, the amount to be
prescribed by proclamation
The convention provides that the
jurisdiction of mixed tribunals shall
apply to no part Of the Soudan, except
Suakim, and the whole Soudan, except
Suakim, shall remain under martial
law until the governor general pro-
claims otherwise. No consular agents
shall be accredited to or allowed to
reside in the Soudan without the pre-
vious consent of Great Britain. The
importation or expectation Of slaves is
absolutely prohibited, and special at
tention is to be paid to the enforce
ment of the Brussels act of july g.
1880, in respect to the import, sale and
manufacture of firearms, munitions
Of war and distilled or spirituous Ii
quors.
The convention, which is dated at
Cairo, Jan. IS, 1899, is signed by the
khedival minister of foreign affairs,
Boutros Pasha Ghali, and by Lord
Cromer, British agent and consul gen.
eral in Egypt.