FUTURE OF EGYPT.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 December 1921, Page 5

FUTURE OF EGYPT.

IMPORTANCE TO EMPIRE. LINK WITH DOMINIONS. NECESSITY FOR CONTROL. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright Received Dec. 4, 5.5 p.m. London, Dec. 3. Highly important papers respecting the negotiations with the Egyptian delegation are published. They include; Firstly, a memorandum of the proposals for a treaty; secondly, Adly PAsha’s letter rejecting the proposals; thirdly, a communication handed to-day by the High Commissioner of Egypt to the Sultan, giving a comprehensive review of the negotiations and the British Government’s observations on past, present and future relations with Egypt. The British Government’s communication points out that one dominant factor which has governed the association of Britain and Egypt for forty years must always govern it—namely, close coincidence between Britain’s interests in Egypt and the interests of Egypt herself. The whole territory of -Igypt is essential to the main line of communications between Britain and her Dominions and the East. Egypt’s fortunes are inseparable from the security of the Suez Canal zone, and the immunity of Egypt from the dominant influence of any other great power was of primary importance to India, Australia, New Zealand and the Eastern Colonies and Dependencies. It affected the welfare and safety of nearly 350,000,000 British subjects. Egypt’s prosperity was important to them, not merely because Britain and Egypt were each other’s best customers, but because any serious danger to the financial or commercial interests of Egypt, invited intervention by other powers, and threatened her independence. There is no shadow of exploitation of Egypt j rapid development, and Britain did not seek financial gain or commercial privileges.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.