THE EGYPTIAN TREATY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20110, 31 March 1928, Page 7

THE EGYPTIAN TREATY

CANADA’S ATTITUDE STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER. (A. & N.Z.) OTTAWA, March 29. There is no comment here on Air AlcKcnzie King’s announcement of Canada's attitude toward the treaty between Britain and Egypt. Speaking in the House of Commons, he said: “Within the last few months the Government was asked in regard to a treaty being negotiated, whether Canada would become a party to the terms of the treaty, which involved sanctions and contemplated military alliances. The Government replied that we did not believe that the Parliament of Canada would approve such a treaty, and that if Britain and Egypt could work out a treaty along the linos proposed, well and good, but as far as Canada was concerned wc did not feel it in the interests of the British Empire or of the larger peace which it was hoped the treaty would serve, that this count rv asked to be-

come a party to it. The British Government immediately accepted, our view.”

NOT ASKED TO JOIN

STATEMENT BY LORD SALISBURY DOMINIONS KEPT FULIA INFORMED Received. Alarch 30, 8.20 p.m. (A. A- N.Z.) LONDON, Alarch 29. In the House of Lords, Lord Salisbury. in answer to a question apropos Air Alackenzie King's speech, said the Dominions were kept fully informed throughout the negotiations for the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty.

They were not asked to share in the responsibility for the Treaty but to concur in the general policy embodied therein. It was not in the public interest to publish a frank exchange of views with the Dominions and it was not proposed to discuss the verydifficult subject of Anglo-Dominion relations.

“We do not claim to control the Dominions in independent actions,” he said, “but do not for that reason abandon confidence. The bond uniting us is, we believe, a matter of feeling, not one of obligation.”

ANOTHER VERSION AIR KING REPLIES Received Alarch 31, 1 a.m. (A.P.A.-Sun) OTTAWA, Alarch 30. Aluch reference to the statement by Lord Salisbury in the House of Lords to the effect that Canada was not invited to participate in the Anglo-Egyp-tian Treaty, Air King said: — “Canada was asked to be a party to the Treaty, and should there be any doubt about it, I should be glad, with the consent of the British Government, to have the correspondence in this connection tabled.”