MAIN CAUSES ECONOMIC

Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 130, 29 November 1919, Page 7

MAIN CAUSES ECONOMIC

BRITISH POLICY STATED

CONNECTION WITH TURKEY-

ENDED.

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(Received November 29, 11 n.m.)

LONDON ,25th November

Lord Ourzon, in a statement in the House of Lords on the situation in Egypt, said the unrest was fundamentally due to economic causes, especially the high cost of living; but the unrest had been exploited politically by foreign Socialists, who had taken no small part iii 'fomenting discontent. Tho Government was doing its utmost to remove legitimate grievances. As the British protectorate was recognised in the Peace Treaty, any Nationalist expectations were doomed to complete disappointment. The keynote of Lord' Milner's mission was the progressive development of self-governing institutions. Whatever form the peace with Turkey took, it would not alter the solution of the Egyptian problem. The political connection between Turkey and Egypt had ended. Recognition of the British protectorate in Egypt was an inseparable feature in tho Turkish Treaty. - , (AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received November 29, 10 a.m,)' LONDON,' 25th November. In his speech in the House of Lords Lord - Curzon said the extremists in Egypt had received, an impetus from a telegram stating that the American Senate had decided that Egypt should be considered independent. Actually, America recognised the British protectorate. The speaker said he could not encourage the idea of complete Egyptian independence, because, in the first place, Egypt was geographically at the door of Africa, and on the highway to India-; and, in the second place, if it was independent, Egypt could not stand alone against external aggression, nor guarantee a strong internal Government. There was no intention to crush the Egyptian nationality; on the contrary, Lord Milner's mission was intended to do preliminary work, and consult the Egyptians before a final constitution was determined upon.