The Entente Cordials

Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7957, 14 April 1904, Page 2

The Entente Cordials

A Free Egypt,

The Press Rejoicing.

At Diplomatic Triumphs.

Eeceived April 18, at 11.32 p.m. London, Yesterday. _ The text of the Anglo-French agreement is published. Lord Lansdowne, in an explanatory note, states that the despatch from Sir E. J. Monson, British Ambassador in France, declared that the settlement was notoriously desired by both-Bri-tain and France. King Edward's visit to France gave a powerful impulse to the movement, and M. Loubet's visit to London acted similarly. Lord Landsdowne then pays a high tribute to M.M. Uelcasse and Cambon, also Earl Oromer, for their eminent services, and adds, Egypt is not given a free hand in the disposal of her resources for the welfare or the Egyptians, and that paralysing hindrances elsewhere have been removed. Altogether the settlement is not merely a series of separate agreements, but part of a comprehensive scheme of improvement of the two countries' relations > affording a precedent calculated to contribute something to the maintenance of international goodwill and general peace. The newspapers unanimously re-echo Lord Lansdowne's sentiments,'and offer congratulations to the diplomatists for turning favouring circumstances to good account. ■