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delegation should be a truly representative one, and i indicated that it would seem
desirable to include Zaghlul Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and perhaps one or two of his associates, as
well as Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Yeghen, who had been of great assistance in the conversations
which had taken place with Lord Milner in London. The delegation should be
sufficiently authoritative to ensure that the agreement to be concluded would be
accepted by the Legislative Assembly to which it would eventually be submitted.
Negotiations were thereupon opened by His Highness with Mazloum Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ,
President of the (Suspended) legislative Assembly, Mohamed Tewfik Nessim Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ,
President of the Council, and Adly Yeghen, Mohamed Said, Hussein Rushdy,
Yusuf Wahba and Ismail Sirry Pashas, with a view to the formation of a Coalition
Government from which the delegation could be chosen. This scheme broke down,
principally because the Sultan desired to stipulate that Mohamed Said Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. should
remain in Egypt in charge of the Ministry wffiile the delegation was in London, a
course to which Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. was resolutely opposed. In the event, Mazloum Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
withdrew his candidature for the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of the Council, and Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. was
summoned to form a Ministry. Tewfik Nessim Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , who had administered the
affairs of the country for ten months with conspicuous courage and success during
a period of great anxiety and uncertainty, agreed to resign, and Adly Pasha’s
Ministry, composed as under, took office on the 17th March :—
Prime Minister (without portfolio) : Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Yeghen.
Vice-President of the Council (without portfolio) : Hussein Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Rushdy.
Minister of the Interior : Abdel Khalek Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Sarwat.
Minister of Education : Gafar Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Waby.
Minister of Justice : Abdel Eattah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Yehia.
Minister of Communications : Ahmed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Ziwer.
Minister of Finance : Ismail Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Sidky.
Minister of Agriculture : Neguib Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Ghali.
Minister of Wakfs : Midhat Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Yeghen.
Minister of Public Works : Mohamed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Shafik.
4. There can be no doubt of the general popularity at that time of the choice
of Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. as Prime Minister. The Ministry was a strongly Nationalist one,
and its published programme aimed at the conclusion of an agreement with Great
Britain which would “put the independence of Egypt beyond doubt.” The
programme was, in fact, scarcely less extreme than that of Zaghlul himself, and
gave rise from the first to doubts as to whether it could be realised in negotiation.
5. The following account of the negotiations between Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and Zaghlul
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. affords an illuminating comment on the latter’s claim to the character of a
disinterested patriot. On accepting office, Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. immediately issued an
invitation to Zaghlul Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. at Paris to collaborate with him in the formation of
a delegation. In reply, Zaghlul Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. laid down the following conditions for his
participation in the negotiations :—
(1.) The press censorship to be suppressed.
(2.) Martial law to be withdrawn.
(3.) The protectorate to be abolished and Zaghlul’s reservations accepted.
(4.) Zaghlul’s organisation or “Wafd " to have the presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of the official
delegation and a majority among the members.
6. At the same time Zaghlul announced his impending return to Egypt, where
he arrived on the 5th April and was received by the wildest display of enthusiasm.
Order was, however, maintained, to a large extent owing to the good behaviour of
the crowds themselves. ZaghluTs conditions were, of course, quite unacceptable
to His Majesty’s Government, who declined to commit themselves to the extent
demanded in advance of the negotiations. Condition (4) w^as equally unacceptable
to Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , and all hope of collaboration between the two was abandoned when
Zaghlul declared to a representative of the “Egyptian Gazette”: I have done
all the work; I have suffered, and I have the confidence of the Egyptian people,
and I will not see the credit for what I have done taken away from me by Adly
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. or anyone else.” It is pertinent in this connection to recall the fact that,
such was the intractability of Zaghlul Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. in his discussions with Lord Milner’s
Mission in London in the summer of 1920, that without Adly Pasha’s conciliating
influence the discussions would never have gone beyond the initial stages. This
declaration w r as followed by a speech in which Zaghlul Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. compared Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.