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BRITAIN'S FOREIGN OBLIGATIONS

$ IMPORTANT CHANGES TO BE MADE

SELF-GOVERNMENT IN EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Rec. Augusir27,; 7.50 p.m.) ; London, • August 2G.Following on the Government decision. to contract, as far as possible, Britain's foreign obligations, Cabinet proposes, Jn addition to granting independence and self-government to Egypt under British, influence, ib withdraw the British armies from Mesopotamia, granting the Arabs Iself-govcriuncnt under their own chiefs Britain will abandon the ambitions system of civil administration, withdrawing the numerous Foreign Office ' officials recently sent! out from'.' India, but will maintain a corps of-expert'ad-ministrators .to advise Arabs. Sir Percy Cox is hurriedly 'going to Mesopotamia to inaugurate the' new policy. Meanwhile Bagdad ic nht,regarded as in danger.—"The Times."' ; ■" mesopotalhan unrest political officers ca'ftured. (Rec. August 27. 8:35 p.m.) V ■ I Delhi, August 25. • ■According to advices from Bagdad, Tujri has been attacked and tlifl . political officer there captured. • .The political officer at Detawah has also been captured and taken to Dali Abbas, whero.he is reported to he welFtreated.There are no fr.esli developments ' elsewhere. The indications are thai! tho insurgent.v' losses at Bauba were lieavyand that they are .dispersing—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 287, 28 August 1920, Page 7

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BRITAIN'S FOREIGN OBLIGATIONS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 287, 28 August 1920, Page 7

BRITAIN'S FOREIGN OBLIGATIONS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 287, 28 August 1920, Page 7

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