THE NEAR EAST

Grey River Argus, 14 August 1936, Page 8

THE NEAR EAST

Palestine Ambush JERUSALEM, August 12. With two, .sentries posted.'eight British soldiers were ■ bathing naked in a pool in the Eastern Valley of Esdraelon. when thii'.y Arabs crept up. The sentries saw them and fired, but the Arabs s hot them down, and then scattered into'the hills, leaving a'Bri tish corpora! killed, and three soldiers wounded, one seriously. ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TREATYALEXANDRIA, August 12.' The remaining c’auses of the Anglo-Egyptian’ Treaty have been initialled at the plenary, meeting. Both delegations are Xry "’satisfied. Nahas Pasha has .accepted an invitation from Biwtain tojsign the Ti'ea.y in London, ' for which he and the Egyptian delegation will short.y depart. The High Convtnissi'on.cr will go to pondon. fo;r;a similar purpose. LONDON, August 12. The “Times" Cairo correspondent corrects the previous impression that Britain has agreed to the immediate abolition of the capitufations. Instead these will be r.evieiwed at an interna tional conference, which Egyp is summoning at the en c ] -of the year, when Britain will morally support the eventual abolition of mixed Courts as well as the fiscal legislative capitulations. Nahas Paiha is already pledged to no discrimination against foreigners.