BRITAIN AND EGYPT
MUTUAL OBLIGATIONS.
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
RESPONSIBILITY RECOGNISED
(OmcJal Wireless.) (Received Nov. 6, 2.30 p.m.)
RUGBY, Nov. 5
In the House of Commons to-day, questioned regarding recent events In Egypt Sir John Simon (British Secretary for Foreign Affairs), said that on October 3 the Egyptian Prime Minister, Abdel Fattah Yehia Pasha, at the moment when the King of Egypt was unfortunately seriously indisposed, raised with the Acting High 'Commissioner, questions arising out of the political situation. He pointed out that an emergency would involve the joint responsibility of Egypt and the United Kingdom. The Government agrees with this view; they have weighty responsibilities in Egypt, and are, amongst other things, under an obligation to protect foreign lives and property in that country. As the result of this conversation the Acting High Commissioner subsequently indicated to the Egyptian Prime Minister certain steps which might be expected to strengthen the position of the administration in connection with Egyptian public opinion. His action had met with the full support of the British Government and the advice which he had rendered has been extended to the Egyptian Government with their authority and approval. .
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19407, 6 November 1934, Page 8
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