STORM IN EGYPT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 38, 24 January 1936, Page 6

STORM IN EGYPT.

Nessim Pasha Resigns Pre- i miership. BRITISH WARNING RESENTED. | I I Press Association—Copyright. | Cairo, Jan. 23. | Political excitement caused by the j British reply concerning negotiations for j an Anglo-Egyptian treaty reached a climax to-day with the resignation of the Prime Minister, Nessim Pasha. The British reply undoubtedly took the I Egyptians aback. The complete absence of any reference to the 1930 draft, on j which hopes were set, was not encour- i aging, nor was the insistence on the . settlement of the status of the Soudan, j Finally the warning that Britain would i have to reconsider the position from a j new angle if the negotiations failed was regarded as a veiled threat. King Fuad summoned Nessim Pasha and pointed out that the British request for no delay rendered the formation of a representative Government desirable without waiting for the elections. Nessim Pasha resigned. King Fuad invited Nahas Pasha to form a coalition. Nahas Pasha declined on the ground that it was against the Wafd’s policy to participate in a coalition. Eventually however, he agreed to consult his colleagues, and there the matter remains.