EGYPT AND AUTONOMY.
MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL'S DOUBTS.
(Australian Press Association—United Service.) VANCOUVER, Aug. 16.
Discussing the 'proposed treaty (between Britain and Egypt, Mr Winston Churchill declared that he had the gravest misgivings, as lie doubted whether the Egyptian people were any more capable of assuming the full responsibility of governing themselves to-dav than they were 50 years ago, when Britain stepped in. Certain public services had been turned over by Britain to Egypt and, in almost every instance, whether irrigation -or other forms of -service, they had deteriorated under Egyptian management.
REDUCTIONS OF 'BRITISH FORCE
LONDON, Aug. IS
While a definite decision has not been reached -regarding the British force to be maintained in Egypt when the now agreement operates, the “Sun. day Times” understands the Cairo infantry brigade will probably be sent home and the 'cavalry brigade reduced to one regiment. The reductions total three-fifths of the .present forces, leaving 4000 men.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 19 August 1929, Page 5
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