REGIME IN EGYPT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 308, 27 November 1936, Page 7

REGIME IN EGYPT.

JOINT RESPONSIBILITY. (British Official Wireless.; RUGBY, Nov. 25. ■ Speaking in the House of Lords on the motion for the ratification of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of friendship and alliance, (which was carried), Lord Plymouth ' remarked that the obligation placed on the high contracting parties to assist each other in time of war meant that the British Government must support Egyptian Government in defending Egypt from invasion. The canal was Egyptian territory, and defence of the canal, as that of other parts of her territory, was an Egyptian responsibility 111 which as an ally Britain would co-op-crate. Lord Snell (Labour) said that the treaty sought to end an old and trjing embarrassment and to begin a long and happy and increasingly advantageous relationship. He paid a tribute to the services of Lord Cromer, Mr Arthur Henderson and Lord Lloyd in regard to Egypt. The Marquess of Crewe (Liberal) expressed keen satisfaction at the conclusion of the treaty. It was something gained to be able to look at the map with confident hope that Egypt would prosper in future in conditions ot permanent peace. , After further speeches Lord Plymouth replied and the motion was carried without division.