BRITAIN'S SINCERITY

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 58, 9 March 1928, Page 9

BRITAIN'S SINCERITY

MISTAKE MADE BY WAFD PUTTING THE .CLOCK BACK '■..■: - ."- ' , ' ." •.' .' '' •'V '-.V ' .'." '.'■!:'.:'"".'.. ■■ " : . (British Official Wireless.)' : ■'■■:': EUGBY, Bth March. . Commenting, on the proposed AngloEgyptian Treaty and the correspondenco..published with it,, "The Times" expresses -the., view that -.'the-: .'extremists'.', of the, Waf d' have 'rejected a Wry-good ': offe-j only through inability'- to- te"c,ogniso the hard reality of- political :geo- ■' graphy. .' f The nvctio*'. of .the - Treaty, " which would- have resulted in 'a-'new divisjon of responsibilities, throws tho British Government ba"c:c to, the position which it took up six. yearn '} ago. There is a largo foreign colony. > in. •'. Egypt and: local riots have aluiostlalw'iiyu been accompanied by = attacks1 on these .foreigners.' '.-.The:, ..proposed . changes in the .Egyptian 'lsiyr; afectiug • public assemblies, which 'would niake it harder for. the police to Iprevent the degeneration of public meetings into riots, were no doubt in the Foreign Secrotary's- mind when he prepared the latest Note in'order, that.it shouldr be , interpreted generally as;,:'a:.courteous warning that the British Government realises its position, and.will permit no prorogation of its responsibility for. ;: peace and order in Egypt.. The leaders of the Wafd may object to the com-. munication, but they- fhould remember ' that it 13 the inevitable result of their action.",- ,' -. :.'■ '."■ . ' ",.-' ' ••', The "Daily Telegraph?' regards the;, rejection of the .^Treaty as the political ' : tragedy of the "intervention;:of jblind, destructive.. forces to wreck Ta- .Tvroik'-' of good'■• and- honourable intention.','■>.', . ...