THE TSANA DAM

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19993, 9 November 1927, Page 9

THE TSANA DAM

COMPANY’S ATTITUDE NOTHING IN THE TREATY TO STOP IT. (A. & N.Z.) NEW YORK, Nov. 7. The officials of the White Corporation express surprise at the international sensation created by the Tsana Dam project, with the Egyptian Cabinet thoroughly aroused and British officials regarding the matter as most serious. The officials of the White Corporation said :“We have been assured that there is no clause in the treaty which would prohibit the project. There is a clause by which Abyssinia grants Britain the first option in any Government loans, but the Tsana dam project does not involve a Government loan. Consequently we do not see what possible objection the British Foreign Office can have. Our project is removed from any political motive. It is purely an engineering matter.” The corporation officials declared that both Britain and Abyssinia would ultimately be beneficiaries.

GOVERNMENT BACKING STATE DEPARTMENT’S ATTITUDE APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT Received Nov. 8, 9.35 p.m. (A. & N.Z.) NEW YORK, Nov. 7. The New York Sun’s Washington correspondent states it was said at the State Department to-day that the White Engineering Corporation has the full backing of the United States Government in its proposal to build the Tsana dam. Reports from Cairo that the Egyptian Government is aroused over what is termed an unfriendly act are discredited, and it is pointed out that when the facts are learned the affair will not appear so important as the cables would indicate. The Abyssinian Government’s representative received the approval of the State Department before concluding the agreement with the White company. The State Department understands that matters are being discussed with London with a view to reaching an agreement.