EGYPT AND THE FUTURE OF SUDAN

Chronicle (Levin), 6 February 1947, Page 5

EGYPT AND THE FUTURE OF SUDAN

IicfM'ivecl Wedne.sday, 8.10 p.m. LONDON, Feb. 5. Hoiho uervousiiess is apparent about tlie oulcomo of tiie Egyptian appeal to l no and imwspapers are exhorting tiie (Joverniueiil to prepare tlie Egyptian rase with great care and entrust it to a strong delegation, says tlie Times' Cairo correspondent. L'hief interest eenires in tlie Sudan question and it is probable tlie Egyp'tiaiis will state their ease against tui lustorical background showing the am-xeiit natural unity of Egypt and the Sudan. The Egyptians sny that unity is every where being aclvoeated— for Europe and for Jndia — but, the British deny it to Egvpt and Sudan. They tlierefore profess to see the emergenee of a Hritish plan to turn the Sudan into a Hritish oolo'ny from which to dominate the Middle East. Egypt, it is said, does not desire to rule Sudan and it was unfair to picture her as ari I niperitLlist. On the contrary, subjeet to unity in foreign policy and ariiiv, Egypt wants tlie Sudanese to run the Sudan from tlie iowest posts to the highest. For nine nionths of the year, tlie Egvplian argmnent eontinues, the Nile is a mere triekle and if it were stopped Egypt would die, so Egypt, who needs more and not less water than she is now receiving, eannot allow the upper Nile to be in the hands of a great power.