STATUS OF EGYPT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 285, 26 August 1920, Page 5

STATUS OF EGYPT

——* -■ , INDEPENDENCE FAVOURED BY 1 MILNER COMMISSION. London, August 23. The Milner Commission will report in favour of recognition of the independ- , ence and sovereign status of Egypt, to . be embodied in a new Anglo-Egyptian . Treaty. Egypt will control its own . foreign relations, and appoint its own . diplomatic representatives. The army ; of occupation will be withdrawn within . a _ siipulated period, though ' Britain > will retain n small force to protect,the j Canal. British officials not absorbed . by the Egyptian Civil Service will be , withdrawn. Britain will guarantee the 3 security of Egypt against aggressors, 3 and Egypt will recogniso Britain's spei cial position in the Kilo Valley.—Aus.- : N.Z. Cable Assn. f London, August 24. b The "Morning Post," the "Daily Tele--1 graph," and the "Daily Chronicle" state 3 that the Egyptian agreement has not yet ' been submitted to the British Cabinet. It is entirely duo to Lord Milner and Zaglou Pasha, and needs confirmation by the Egyptian National Assembly and tho consent of the Powers affected.—Aus.-N.Z. I Cable Assn.