BRITISH EGYPTIAN PROTECTORATE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11820, 3 May 1919, Page 5

BRITISH EGYPTIAN PROTECTORATE.

RECOGNITION BY UNITED STATES ADVICE TO EGYPTIANS. United Press Association —By Elec trie Telegraph—Copyright. London, April 30. The Press Bureau announces the publication by the Foreign Office of a Note communicated to General Allenhy on April 22nd by the United States Minister at Cairo, announcing that President Wilson recognioes the British protectorate over Egypt, proclaimed in December 1914. The President reserves for further discussion the details of the recognition, along with the question of the modification of any American rights which the decision may entail. President Wilson and the American people hav* sympathy with the legitimate aspirations of the Egyptian people for a further measure of selt'-Government, but view with regret any effort to obtainfits realisation by resort to violence.