تقرير البعثة الخاصة إلى مصر بقيادة اللورد ميلنر، وأوراق ذات صلة [و‎‎١‎٢‎٢] (٤٧٣/٢٤٥)

f ! ti n a i 1889 t t 0 + ^l«te tariff
of special inSoa t^o P 3 riU £££. oT^ fL° ^ 8 9*** 1 ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية *
s^'each o^theTst^u^ a^ln V ^ 8 " 17
Belgium and Italy bucooss ively added new cateeorie 1 " to^fte^fftS 7 ’
schedule which enlarged it from 9 to iTgrou^f of Ltlcl^a 2d
Sorts.° 0Ter tw0 “ thlrda ^tead of fori! pe^ oe^Tof^t^n
attempt t* ^Ise'tte" fepU^Mrifl^" 117 def6ated ^ ol6
a slmUar'tesls! 609 ^ Ital7 00n0luded Treaties with Egypt on
All these Treaties ■were to continue in force for dAfin<+.*>
P?f d ° da and thereafter, subject to twelve montt?® Stic!
These periods have long expired in the case of the earlier -eries
but the I'ranch Treaty has seven more years to run Ind in th« ’
ratified X until 1909 ) th^ at7 i th °? 3 * concluded in i906, was not
1^^*^) there is still an uneznired period of ten
p yr ^S Gh obstac le to tariff revision is not regarded
TrrD-».o H | riC!$ 4 . we are A in the unsatisfactory position that for ten
oertfi^t^^^t^ i W ^ h ° U ? ItaJ '7 ,s consent (which is almost
wMi* 04 *+^ ^thheld) raise her tariff above && ad valorem
the expiration of that period she can by Twelve months*
££ duti f e« e i er3 ? lf from 3X1 tardff restrictions anr^o^e
_^ r d '4®? she pleases. The position during the nextten
SS*i M tS
1i * Brltu " “ d »™“-
It appears to me that if we have to negotiate with forA-hm
t6haXf . of E Krpt ^ obtain th“foon£nt to %
-v ■, •, ntl eo a rising out of the proposed new status of Egypt
certainly have to offer them some guarantee 3 ^
ll 2 ? eaS iir 8 griffs on their trade after 1930, and that '
ltX^ &r t + e tes t (perhaps the only) means of perauadiiK
vo^d L ^ n% t 0 /i ariff ° f 10 or 12 ^ er 03 «t- forthwith^
anplv f^n t ? n of) ;end H ? 6 inring which the limit shall
apply for (say) another ten years, i.e. until 1940.
wrmi ^^n-p SU °^ ^ arraD g eraenb should be concluded with Italy it
applicable to Great Britain and the other
but it 1 ^ antit l ed to "most favoured nation" treatment in Egypt
oontrni ntrf G ^ :> v :rban ^ ^ Egypt is in future to possess complete *
t*mt tL t« r 4 ^ r ? G ™ ercial relations with fc^eign countries,
tr t G tariff stipulation should be incorporated, not only in
l££llln other foreign powers, but in tte proposed A^glo-
Won of T J aat y* Otherwise, if we rely purely on the protec
tion of a most favoured nation" clause we m^r have some very