TREATY WITH EGYPT.

Wairarapa Age, 8 July 1936, Page 5

TREATY WITH EGYPT.

GIST OF MILITARY CLAUSES. PROGRESSIVE REDUCTION OF BRITISH GARRISON. BASE TO BE MAINTAINED AT ALEXANDRIA. (Received Tuesday, 11.0 p.m.) LONDON, July 7. “The Times’’ Cairo correspondent says that although official information is still withheld, the broad lines of the military clauses of the new Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, which is expected to be signed in London on August, are now fairly , reliably known. The treaty will be one of friendship and alliance, and the virtue of it is that the defence of Egypt and the Suez Canal against foreign aggression will ultimately devolve on Egypt, but until the Egyptian military forces are strong enough to assume this duty, the main British garrison will be maintained, but not in Cairo. It will be moved into the desert near Ismalia, though its general headquarters will remain in the capital. As the Egyptian Army grows stronger, the British garrison will be reduced, bnt the British Air Force will be increased, while botff military and naval forces will probably be stationed at Alexandria. The Egyptian Government undertakes to construct good roads, enabling the British forces at Ismalia to move rapidly across Egypt in time of need. Egyptian press comment indicates that military settlement on these lines would be acceptable, though doubts are expressed regarding the proposed use of Alexandria H.irbfiur as • British naval base. Some Wafdist circles argue thgp Alexandria will thus become a British property like Gibraltar and Aden. Others declare that if only part of the harbour were used, it would not constitute “occupation.’’ The “Daily Mail’’ describes the military clauses as a “surrender,” which is causing great anxiety among Government supporters.