The New York herald., 1922-01-30
SOVEREIGNTY TERMS
HANDED TO EGYPT
Britain Officially Announces
Readiness to Grant
Parliament.
DEMANDS GUARANTEES
Must Have Communications
and Right to Afford
Protection.

LONDON, Jan. 2s (Assoclated Press).
The basis on which the British Gov
ernment would be willing to terminate
the Egyptian protectorate. recognizing
Egypt as a sovereign State ana agree
to the establishment of an Egyptian
Parliament. is announced in statement
officially circulated this evening by the
Foreign Office.
THE High Commissioner In Egypt
says the statement, has been summoned
to England to give full information and
advice to His MaJesty's Government as
to the present situation In Egypt. and
as to the communications that have been
passing between him and the former
Egyptian Ministers with regard to the
future government of the country.
There appears to be an impression In
some quarters that Great Britain has
abandoned or is about to abandon, her
liberal attitude toward Egyptian aspira-
tions, and desires to make use of her
special position in Egypt to maintain
political and administrative system
there incompatible with the freedom
which she has declared her willingness
to recognize.
This Is not the case. The policy OF
his Majesty's Government, both during
and since the ABLY mission to England,
has been founded upon the following
principles:
Will End Protectornte.
while unwilling to cede to disorder
or violence what they were prepared to
grant on it's merits, his Majesty's Gov
ernment have explicitly stated their
readiness to invite Parliament to term
mate the protectorate when was de-
c.ared in 1914, to recognize the exis-
tence of Egypt as a sovereign state and
to agree to the constitution Of an Egyp-
tian Parliament and the reestablishment
of an Egyptian Ministry Of Foreign At
fairs as soon as they were satisfied as
to the following conditions, which they
regard as vital to the interests both Of
Egypt and the empire.
'"rhey must have full and effective
guarantees, first that the imperial
communications to which Egypt is es-
sential are assured; second, that Great
Britain retain both the right and power
to afford that protection to the foreign
communities In Egypt which the gov
ernments of these peoples in the exist
ing conditions look to her to supply !:
and. third, that Egypt is safeguarded
against all foreign interference or ag-
gression, direct or indirect.
"As soon as an agreement satisfying
these conditions has been drawn up be-
tween the Egyptian Government and
the British Government there will be no
hesitation on the part of the latter in
inviting Parliamentary sanction to such
an accord"
above despatch was headed by ABLY
a Sh NJ
Egypt ~.,-N. .s--..- s-.,,. ,r
After visiting England and discussing
the Egyptian situation with the British
Government last December, ABLY re-
turned to Egypt and resigned the
Premiership. |r
CAIRO, Jan. 29.--The police. Informed
Of plot to assassinate Abdel Khalels
Sarvat Pasha. Minister of Justice. last
right raided house and found there. six
bombs ready for use and also a number
of pistols. Several persons were ar
rested.
A manifesto urging Egyptians to adopt
non-cooperation and the boycott against
the English was issued last week by
leaders of the Nationalist party at
Cairo. The arrest of eight of the signers
was ordered, and newspapers publish
ing the manifesto were forced to sus-
pend publication. The men were later
released with n warning.
The manifesto gave detailed plans for
the execution Of the policy of the Ma
tionalists. God forbid" 1t said. "tha,
your bodies should touch English goods
after to-day and your hands cooperate
with any Englishman."
The avowed purpose of the manifesto
was to secure acknowledgment of the
rights of tho Egyptians.