Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11

, agreements, the status quo in all these
matters shall remain intact"
The business Is outstanding, and I
| may not deny 1t space accordingly. The
+ following digest what seems to be the
best important Of the proposed treaty
| provisions:
/. British forces to be withdrawn
from Egypt west Of the thirty-second
PARCEL OF longitude, but, In order to
prot Of the Suez Canal as an
essential link in Irish intraimperial
communications, maAltainance of Brit
ish forces on Egyptian territory east of
that parallel to be permitted. THE
presence of these troops shall not con-
stitute In any measure an occupation
and will In no way prejudice the
sovereign rights Of Egypt"
The quoted sentence is, of course.
"save-face" extraordinary. The treaty
requires ratification by an Egyptian
Parliament. 1t remains to be seen
very much so) whether an Egyptian
Parliament will content itself with this
piece of elegant mendacity.
2. An Anglo-Egyptian alliance of the
hrmeSt character Is to be established.
Each Of the high contracting parties
undertakes not to adopt in foreign
countries an attitude inconsistent with
the treaty" and not to conclude with
third party any agreement of a poll
teal character which might be pref
udical to the interests of the other
party"
Should either contracting party be-
come engaged in war, the other will inn
mediately come to his aid as an ally:
particularly, his majesty the King of
Egypt, will in the event Of war, or the
menace Of war, furnish his Britannia
maJesty~on Egyptian territory all facili-
ties and assistance within his power
including the use Of aerodromes and
means OF communication"
Moreover, should the King Of Egypt
deem 1t necessary to have recourse to
foreign military instructors, these shall
be chosen from British subjects"
But still more in the like kind-"The
Egyptian government, when engaging
the services of foreign (civilian) Of
f1cials, shall, as a rule, engage British
subjects"
And Of similar bouquet-The ONCE
of British high commissioner for Egypt
Is to be abolished and ambassadors are
to be exchanged, but, the King Of
Egypt will reserve the highest diplo.
matte rank at his court. to the repre-
sentative of his Britannia majesty"
3. The status of the Sudan is to re-
main unchanged. while reserving the
liberty to conclude new conventions in
of 1899, the high contracting parties
agree that the status of the Sudan shall
be that resulting from the said con-
ventions. Accordingly, the governor
general shall continue to exercise on the
Joint behalf of the high contracting
parties the powers conferred on him by
the said conventions"
4. His Britannia majesty recognizes
that responsibility for lives and proper
ty Of foreigners in Egypt devolves
henceforth upon the Egyptian govern
ment."
S. Great Britain will back an appli-
cation by Egypt for membership in the
League Of Nations.
g. Recognizing that the capitulatory
regime now existing in Egypt is no
longer in accordance with the spirit
Of the times and the present state Of
to use all his influence with the powers
possessing capitulatory rights In Egypt"
toward their abolition.
z. Any differences between the high
contracting parties as to application or
Interpretation Of the treaty are to be
dealt with in accordance with the cove.
nant of the League of Nations.
8. The treaty to hold good for IS
years, at the conclusion Of which time
it shall be subject to modification by
agreement between the parties.
Obviously the substantial concessions
proposed By the British government
government Of responsibility for lives
and property Of foreigners In Egypt:
(b) Abolition of the capitulations; tc)
Abolition Of the ONCE ofkBritish high
commissioner for Egypt, and. in place
thereof, exchange of ambassadors