EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 179, 26 June 1884, Page 2

EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

CONVENTION; jßEaiW^EirißN^LAND AND FBANCE.

-: London, June 23. ; ,. The following is the substance of •the Convention which, as Lord Kim.be'rley announced m the House of Lords on the 16 th instant, hai been ..agreed- to by the French and English . Governments as preliminary; tofhpld4 M ing the projected European Conference *" on Egyptian affairs :— By the ter»ns of the convention it is stipulated that the present v^jrkgh^^cpup^6llihall cease, and the British troops be withdrawn at the beginning of 1888, if the other European Powers considered % i that the stability and- tranquillity^elN^ :;th? country will then be sufficient to warrant the adoption**? such a course. U With regard to/'ithe^question of Egyptian finances, it:-is:^greed that, m order to secure corjtrol of the Egyptian national debit and extended control offtjhe. BaageV ihe-ftffi.ce>of President bf tie Egyptian booicii' of Miuiste.rs:BhalH)e held by anEn^li^iman. The Convention also referslios the necessity for ensuring the preservation pf -Egyptian neutrality m time' of war.V trh.,thisl connection EngftindM engages hereafter to propose the adoption- by'ihe pdwets of 5^ to that by which, in~lß7o, England, Prussia, andr, ; franco,, agreedj to re- r cognize. the neutrality of; the kingdom') {.< of Belgium. : Similar:; nieasureslaro- -,',■•: also to be adopted with the view of maintaining the. neutrality of,the Suez t , -. . ~ June 24. .„.. In the House ■ of- CJbrnmons kst ;! J night, Mr! Gladstotie Made a men't^regardihg!the r convention had been concluded between England and France m regard to Egyptiiii'^ | affairs. The Premier announced t^at it was optional with England £o withdraw hch* troops froth ' Egypt- before 1 ? 1883 j-and^lhat. France had repudiated- -• the idea that she desired the renewal of the dual control or Anglp- Frenck occupation after" the British e"yacuation. The Pxemior further Stated that a conferonceof European delegates will meet on Sunday faic), to decide upon the Egyptian-Jfinancial questions, and that their decision therein^ wjUld be ■ Bubmitfced to >*Jfat}z& liament, and, failiug the. approval of the; same, the Govempient v^ould resign, frl;?-^ i£.jJ>o > d