ANGLO-EGYPTIAN CONFERENCE

Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1930, Page 5

ANGLO-EGYPTIAN CONFERENCE

STATEMENT IN HOUSE

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{Received this day at II a.m., RUGBY, .Uay 8.

The failure of the Augio-Egyptian Treaty negotiations was announced in tiie commons this afternoon. In a brief statement Mr Henderson said:—“ln spite of the most sincere and friendly efforts on both sLes, negotiations have failed, His Majesty’s Go\ eminent not having seen their‘way to meet the demands of the Egyptian delegation ni regard to Sudan. I shall very ishortly lay , before the House a White Paper dealing with the negotiations.”

Asked whether a status quo was meanwhile maintained on the four reserved points, Mr Henderson replied that that must be the inevitable result of failure. Negotiations on Hour points were reserved by Great Britain in the declaration of 1922 for future settlement. They were firstly, the protection of Egypt from foreign impression.

Secondly, the protection of British Imperial communications. Thirdly, protection of foreign residents and minoritis in Egypt. .Fourthly, the Sudan. Recent negotiations arose out of proposals for an Anglo-Egyptian. Treatysettling these outsanding points which were made by Mr Henderson last August, after the conversation in London with Mnhoud Pasha then Prime Minister of Egypt. Mr Henderson in a covering note described the proposal as representing the pxtreme limit which he could recommend the British Government to accept. The present- Premier. Malms Pasha with his delepcame to London at the end oif March to conduct negotiations on the basis of these proposals.

After his brief announcement in the House of Commons, the Foreign Secretary who had postponed his intend" ' departure this morning for Paris and Geneva, caught the afternoon boat train for the Continent.

The Egyptian delegation are expected to leave London to-morrow.

Although the discussions failed to produce an agreement they were conducted throughout in an extremely amicable spirit. It is understood that so far as questions relating to Egypt were concerned, agreements had actually been reached or were well within sight upon all points at issue.

HAS BROKEN .DOWN

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LONDON, May 8

The Anglo-Egyptian Conference has broken down, the Sudani problem having proved insurmountable. Negotiations were friendly at parting and it was mutually agreed the door had been left open for a resumption of negotiations, when the atmosphere is more favourable.

Nalias Pasha' stated he was crievtd at the failure. There was nothing he wanted more than to be on good terms with the British. Makarm Bey (Egyptian Finance Minister) said it was very regrettable that negotiations had been broken off, adding:—“We cannot sign a treaty signing away the Sudan.” Air T. M. Wilford and Mr Casey jbhrmighout 'the weary (negotiations both diligently watched Antipodean interests.