Printed papers on the political situation and military policy in Egypt [‎34r] (67/176)

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that the Capitulations would meanwhile continue in force, laid the following formula
before Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. on the 2()th August:—
" The Egyptian Government agree that the command of the police forces
in Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said shall continue, as at present, to be
entrusted to European officers, with a sufficient European staff to ensure
efficiency.
To ensure co-ordination in the work of the police in the said three cities,
the Minister of the Interior will, in agreement with the High Commissioner,
appoint an official, who shall not exercise any executive functions, hut shall
report to the Minister on matters of police administration, especially those
affecting foreigners.
The Egyptian Government agree to appoint European legal advisers
(" Conseillers sultaniens ”) in the Ministries of Justice and of the Interior.
These legal advisers shall collaborate in the preparation of all laws or regula
tions affecting foreigners.”
Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. was not ill-disposed towards the first paragraph of this formula,
and showed signs of being prepared to accept the last paragraph, but the second
paragraph, involving a British official in the Ministry of the Interior, was
unpalatable.
He suggested eventually that an alternative might be found by creating a bureau
m that Ministry under a British chief for watching over police matters affecting
foreigners. If Ihis solution was adopted, he was anxious to omit reference in the
treaty to the three commandants, though he admitted that in practice they would
have to be Englishmen, as Egyptians could not be found willing to take on the duties
and be made the scapegoats of the Governors in the event of trouble. It will be
observed that in the draft treaty the proposal for a Judicial Adviser is revised and
the other suggestions are dropped.
(3.) Soudan.
Beyond a passing reference early in the proceedings, the delegation avoided any
mention of the Soudan. Its status is defined by the 1899 Convention, and it wms
specifically excluded by Lord Milner from his recommendations. 1 he views of His
Majesty's Government are recorded in clause 7 of the draft treaty handed to Adly
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. on the 10th November.
(L) Suez Canal.
The text of the clause suggested by the Board of Trade was sent to Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
on the 19th August as follows :—
During the ten years immediately following the coming into force of this
treaty the Egyptian Government will, in consolation with the Suez Canal
Company, frame proposals for the extension for a further period of fifty years
of the concession held by the said company.
” Any question on which the parties are unable to agree with regard to the
terms on which the extension shall be granted shall, unless otherwise mutually
agreed, be determined by an umpire appointed by the Council of the League of
Nations. In the event of the company declining the extension on the terms so
settled, the Egyptian Government anti His Majesty s Government will deter
mine in concert the status and management of the Canal after the expiration of
the concession.”
This clause was omitted from the draft treaty, the delegation maintaining that
it was unnecessary, as it was to Egypt s own interest to come to an agreement with
the company, and the force of public opinion throughout the world would compel her
to do so. But the terms and occasion of such an agreement must, they considered, be
left to Egypt's own decision. The proposal put forward in 1909 to extend the lease
had provoked an outburst of popular feeling, and any mention ot the subject in the
treaty would be fatal to its reception in Egypt.
(5.) Cable and Wireless Rights.
The text of certain proposals made by His Majesty s Postmaster-General, and
■concurred in by the Admiralty and India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , was‘sent to Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. in the
following terms :—