Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-20
GOVERN SOUDAN PROVINCES
Great Britain and Egypt Agree on Compact
Of Joint Occupation.
TO sHAR; IN ReCoNQUtRtD TERRITORY
X KhedivaI's and Her Britannia Mn
jesty's Flags Are TO He Hoistcd
Together on Land and Water
Throughout the SOudnn.

CAIRO, Jan. 1o.-The oficial Gazette to-
day publishes a convention between Great
Britain and Egypt relating to the future
government Of the re-conquered Soudan
provinces.
After reciting that the provinces were re-
conquered by the joint military and finan-
cial efforts OF the British and Khedival
government and setting forth the desire to
give effect to the claims that have accrued
to her Britannia majestys government by
right OF conquest, the declaration is made
that they will share in the present settle
.ment and future working and development
Of the administration cf the territories. and
pointing out that the territories of Wady
Halfa and Suakm may be jointly admins
tered. 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 territories south Of the twenty y-second
parallel Of latitude, which have never been
evacuated by the Egyptian troops since 1882,
or which, having been administered by the
khedive's government prior to the late re-
bellion, were temporarily lost to Egypt and
have been reconquered by the British and
Egyptian governments acting in concert, or
which may hereafter be reconquered by the
two governments acting in concert.
10th Flags to Fly.
"The British and Egyptian flags shall be
hoisted together on both land and water
throughout the Soudan, except Suakim,
where the Egyptian 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
khedival decree with the consent of Great
Britain, and to be removed only by 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 orders for the gov
errment of the Soudan and for the regula-
tion, holding and disposal Of property OF
every kind situated in the Soudan, but
notice Of all such procamations must forth
with be sent to the agent Of her Britannia
majesty at Cairo and to the president Of the
khedival council. No Egyptian law, decree
or enactment hereafter made or promu1-
gated 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, re-
side or hold property in the Soudan, the
convention says:
No Favored Powers.
| mo special privileges shall be accorded
! the subjects of any one or more powers
| Import duties shall not be levied on goods
from Egyptian territory, but they shall be
leviable on goods from elsewhere. In the
| case of goods entering the Soudan at
| Suakim or any other Red sea port the duties
must not exceed the amount leviable upon
| foreign goods entering Egypt. Duties may
be levied upon goods leaving the Soudan, the
rates to be prescribed by proclamation"
| The convention further provides that the
! jurisdiction of mixed tribunals shall apply
to no part Of the Soudan except Suakim, and
| the whole OF the Soudan except Suakim
shall remain under martial law until the
governor general proclaims otherwise.
| No consular agents shall be accredited tc
or allowed to reside in the Soudan without
the previous consent Of Great Britain. The
importation or expectation of slaves is abb
solutely prohibited and special attention i.
| to be paid to the enforcement Of the Brus-
sells act OF July 2, 1890, in respect to the
import, sale and manufacture OF firearms
munitions and distilled or sprltuous
! liquors.
The convention, which 10 dated at Cairo
January 1s. 1899. is signed by the khediva
minister Of foreign affairs, Boutros Pasha
Ghali, and by Lord Cromer British agen
and consul general in Egypt.