أوراق مكتوبة بالآلة الكاتبة وأوراق مطبوعة لمجلس الوزراء وأوراق برلمانية عن الأحداث في مصر [و‎‎١‎٥‎٢] (٥٢٠/٣٠٣)

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LORD CUBZON stated that he had discussed the
question with the—Lord-^hrjj/T^-Stmljr esixeo.tally in regard
to the parliamentary difficulties to be overcome*
The main difficulty was that in Lord A13enby ? s proposals
we were asked to make concessions which we could not
retrieve u Lord Allenby proposed to abolish the
Protectorate in the hope that the Egyptian Government
would at a later date discuss the reserved points in
the spirit in v;hich we desired, and would make a
treaty on that basis* The underdNalclng-s given to
Lord Allenby by Adly and others were purely personal
and in no way committed the Bgypti.an Government* He
thought it would not be unreasonable to ask the
Egyptian Ministers for much more specific \indertakings
aa regards the reserved subjects* He had drafted a
telegram to send to Lord Allenby with that objecty
Parliament would no doubt take the view that the
assurances given by the Egyptian Ministers were not
sufficient to justify the abolition of t v e Protectorate
before the treaty was signed. He suggested that that
difficulty might be got over in the following way*
The agreement might eventually take the form of a
treaty which would go before the British Parliament
.and the Parliament in Egypt ; but he proposed that the
consent of the British Parliament shouD.d be obtained
by Resolution in advance to tho abolition of the
Protectorate on condition that a satisfactory agree.*
ment was arrived at with regard to the reserved points*
His telegram to Lord Allenby had been ^rafttod in a
conciliatory manaor an with the object of not offending
the susceptibilities of the Egyptian Ministers^ It
also explained the parliaxientstry difficulty which
/confronted