EVACUATION OF EGYPT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1558, 30 September 1912, Page 5

EVACUATION OF EGYPT.

._/. « PEACE CONGRESS DEMAND. By Telcsraph-Press Assodation-Gojyrlchi (Rec. September 29, 5.5 p.m.) Geneva, September 28. Ax a stormy meeting nt the Peace Congress, a resolution was carried demanding the evacuation or Egypt by. Great Britain, and the , establishment of autonomy. Tftchßritish delegates protested.against the resolution. /' • ■ Errand's position in Egypt is a striking case .of necessity overriding law. Owing to,the.Suez Canal being tho main line of communication with India, the Far Hast and Australia, Eugland must control it. and to do sq must hold Egypt. Mehemef Ah,'the founder of tho present Khedivial family, foretold the necessity for England to occupy Egypt nearly a century ago. Being an Ottoman province, and not an independent State, Egypt cannot entertain a diplomatic official with a fully representative, character.' Therefore the British representative is commissioned as a political agent, also aa a consul-general, in order that he may exercise consular jurisdiction. But as tho position of England in.Egypt is.;of extreme importance to both England and :to Egypt, the British agent is also commissioned as Minister Plenipotentiary 'to add to his ' dignity, but Egypt is also spoken of as governed from tho British ngencv. - I