BRITAIN IN EGYPT

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 120, 17 April 1930, Page 7

BRITAIN IN EGYPT

RESULT OF NEGOTIATIONS. , . TROOPS ALONG CANAL. : SUDAN ISSUE NOT SETTLED. (United Press Association —By Electric . Telepragh—Copyright). Received April 17, 1.45 p.m. LON l/Ohl, April 15. As a result of the Anglo-Egyptian parleys, British troops will reinarn along the canal for a period which ltngiand and Egypt will mutually decide. Nahas j/aslia, the Premier, demanded that the League of Nations enould have the right to say when their troops were competent to have sole control. Mr Arthur Henderson referred the matter to Cabinet, which insisted oil a mutual Anglo-Egyptiqn agreement. The occupation, by British troops for several years is assured, though tlie actual duration has not been decided. Furthermore, Egypt’s demands to decide strategic points ban been refused. The British troops’ headquarters will be Ismalia, with an aerodrome at Abu Sir and an aviation ground at Port Faud. The Sudan issue has not been settled, but such progress has been made that the posi’tion is much more hopeful. There is a possibility of tlie draft treaty being signed to-morrow. It is pointed out that the Egyptians realise Britain’s difficulties in giving concessions beyond the Mahmoud draft agreement. STATEMENT IN COMMONS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. April 16. The Egyptian delegates met Mr Arthur Henderson, Foreign Secretary, at the Foreign Office again this evening. Mr Henderson hopes to make a statement in the House of Commons to-morrow, or before the House adjourns for Easter. The Daily Telegraph’s diplomatic correspondent says: “The leaders c-f the Wafdist Party claim an equal share or parity with Great Britain in the future control of the Sudan. The British Government refuses to consider the withdrawal of the British garrison to the eastern bank ofthecanal. Cabinet remains firm on essential issues.”