PERFECT TRUST

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 34, 9 February 1940, Page 7

PERFECT TRUST

ENGLAND AND EGYPT

ASSURANCES EXCHANGED

CAIRO, February 8.

Amin Osman Pasha, Under-Secretary of Finance, toasting England and Egypt at a banquet attended by representatives of all political parties, announced that a fund was being opened for the benefit of British troops in Egypt "as an expression of Egypt's appreciation of those bearing the brunt of the countsy's defence."

Donations had already been received from leading Egyptians, including the Premier, members of Cabinet, and the Opposition, he said.

He added that Egypt now had perfect trust in England. "We are allied with England not because we have signed a treaty but because we are fighting England's cause—justice," he said. "We will be England's ally whatever happens."

The British envoy, replying, said the existing close Anglo-Egyptian co-opera-tion was one of the few good things created by the present unhappy state Of the world. He added that Britain was determined to abide loyally by the treaty alliance and respect Egypt's rights.