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NO DIVERGENT INTERESTS Britain And Egypt And The Suez Canal Lords Debate On "Quit Egypt" Plan
LONDON, MAY 22. EGYPT, AND BRITAIN-HAVE NO DIVERGENT INTERESTS IN THE SUEZ CANAL, LORD JOWITT, LORD CHAN- CELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, SAID TODAY WHEN REPLYING TO THE DEBATE ON ECYPT IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. HE ADDED THAT IT SHOULD BE PROPERLY DEFENDED AND EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE NECES- SARY
EQUIPMENT INSTALLATIONS AND
ARE THERE AND THAT THE EGYPTIAN ARMY IS TRAINED IN THE USE OF THAT EQUIPMENT, SO THAT AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE THEY CAN PLAY THEIR PART.
LORD JOWITT SAID THAT UNDER AN ARTICLE OF THE ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TREATY OF. 1936 WHICH WOULD REMAIN, "IF WAR COMES, HOTFOOT WE SHALL GO AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO RENDER AID TO EGYPT, WHO WILL BE PREPARED BY THESE MEANS TO DEFEND OUR TERRITORY FROM AS- SAULT."
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NELSON PENSION
London, Wednesday. Since a ponton was granted to Lord Nelson n 1508, hie heirs have drawn $700,000 (lean income tax) from the Trecatii 1).
The Government now an nounces that the pension is to terminate on the death of the prosent Lord Nelson taped 88), or his hier who is his brother (aged 85), should ho survive him.
Troops Disguised As Civilians
♥ Paris, May. 22, When Jose Giral, Republican "Premier" gives evidence this week in New York before the
grounds in this air age, because U.N.O. sub-committee on Spain the range of defence obviously he may produce a statement that Genoral France disguised greatly exceeded the boundary of any single state, and also his troops as civilians during because of the cost.
the recent vinit of Allied "ob- servers" to the Franco-Spanish border.
He believed that if Egypt Attempted the maintenance of what was necessary in the Canni Zone,
burden her she would finances to an extent fatal to her even more essential public services.
Declaring that in this
air
|
Spanish Republicans in Paris today confirmed the French press reports, according to which Shadow" government had sent the President of the Basque
this' Information to Dr. Giral.
Ife added that Spanish troops
age, security could not be given to Egypt by her own efforts, were on that occasion also ar- Lord Altrincham said, "I know dered to camouflage their wea- no case which is so evidently pons. It was, stated
to
that the
Franco's
during
the
On the question of whether equal ally with tiga which bind or not the Government was her to this country, and bind us There is rignt to announce Its accept- to her very closely. ance of the principle of evacua- no possible conflict of interest one for such a system of re.President of the Basque govern- tion of British forces from between our two governments.gional security as la contemment quoted a statement from Egypt, Lord Jowitt sald Article | Absolutely equal wa atand to-plated in the charter of the members of General
the Angie Egyptian,gether in full and firm friend- United Nations for different army. Treaty of 1936 provided that its ship. Our one interest is that parts of the earth.
de- They are said to have obligations should continue for Egypt should be strong and her
"The United States has al-
clared that orders for the re- wearing of 20 years. Thereafter, if there country inviclable."
ready built up auch a system,quisitioning and was a controversy. the matter
to which she attaches great im- civilian clothes were given to had to be submitted to the He had never yel heard any-portance in her own hemisphere. Spanish troops on May 12 and Council of the League of Na- | body
that whatever Russia has not neglected
that these who were unable to tionsprobably saw the Secu-change there was in the weapons build up such a system, and obtain suitable clothes were con- Fity Council.
of war that they had rendered neither the, Commonwealth nor fined to stables The issue to be submitted the Canal and the Canal Zone the Arab states can be with- "observera" visit. was whether or not Egypt new unimportant.
out a genuine co-operativo" ¿ys-' was able to look after her own
"Of course, everything that tem of regional security in the arcas and the Canal Zone. Bri- we do here must be dovetailed Middle East."--Reuter. tain could have said she would with the United Nations Or- do nothing until 20 years were ganisation, but this ів в сове up, but by the end of another, where there ought to be agree- 10 years she would incur the ments in which Egyptians and bitter hostility of Egyptians the Arab countries on the one and been dragged before the hand and Great Britain and Security Council. What then the Dominions on the other are would Britain's position have primarily interested."
London, May 22. been? "Were we wrong to ac- "Let us look at this problem
Reports that the revised arm- rept, after full consultation, not in isolation, but as part of
agreement with Italy consideration of revision of the a world problem--a piece in theistice treaty at the end of 10-yeats?" whole mosaic. The greatest contains a secret annex
Lord Morris interjected: benefit we could give would be categorically "Yes, you have in fact incurred the removal, or withdrawal, of night by a Foreign Office the hostility to which you refer foreign troops from the various spokesman, and have therefore, gained countries of the Middle Enst, The reports had suggested climax in political quartera in nothing."
•
me,
Secret Clauses Denied
were
denied here to-
provisions
It is presumed that the Pre- sident of the Basque govern- ment was referring to the tour of the Pyrenees frontier by Allied military attaches in Spain made last week at the In- vitation of the Spanish General Staff and in the company of Spanish officers-Reuter.
ANTI-CLIMAX IN DELHI
New Delhi, May 21. There is a feeling of anti-
will New Delhi tonight, as it is re- in time from Greece and be that secret llevo Only Way
this secure continued Allied control ported that a reply from the members of
trade and com- Muslim League to the British Lord Jowitt said when Egypt Government look forward with over Italian asked if Britain was willing to longing to the day when the can leave consider the treaty with a view last British soldier to revision now, he thought the Greece we can make a bigger vast majerity of members would contribution in the setting up in any say yes. Men on the spot had of a real peace than
us remember stated that in the prevailing other way. Let
we consider
our atmosphere the only way to get that when
1
tion with Austria.-Reuter,
Political quarters. are won- States troops-in-Italy-to-main-dering wheiber-Mohammed-All tain the lines of communica. Jinnah, President of the Mos
lem League, will have any fur- the ther communication with British ministers before the Working Committee of the Muslim League meets on June 3.-Router,
merce. It is now officially proposals for India's future is stated that the revised armis- not likely to be received before tice contains no secret clauses the League Executives meeting whatsoever;
on June 5. Italian trade and commerce.
The optimism of the last two will be completely under Italian or three days has been temper- control. The armistice
agreed by the news that Sir Staf- ment, the spokesman said, will ford Cripps Tone of the mem- a satisfactory arrangement was line of action in regard to
con'ach only one annex ic con-1 bers of the Cabinet Mission) to announce in advance the Egypt."
nection with the article which has been taken to a nursing He thought it very foolish Government's acceptance of the
arranges for the re-develop home Indisposed. to imagine politics and strategy ment of British and United | principle of evacuation.
Lord Howitt said he was no could be completely divorced, strategist, but he was very an- and that it was not a question xious that Britain should never of strategy whether Britain did again be. party to an arrange, or did not have the goodwill and the Egyptian
DIM VIEW__OF ment such as she had with Po- friendship with land, where she was committed people. to defend the country and had Misunderstanding
HOLLYWOOD absolutely no base from which
In opening the debate Lord Martha Tilton, the film crooner, she could possibly do it;
Altrincham, who as Sir Edward takes a dim view of Hollywood. "I would like to emphasise Grigg was formerly British She has exiled herself for six that we regard Egypt as an Minister-Resident in the Middle months from the film city so that East, said that the Egyptian she will not become a "vokel like Loretta Young Premier, Sidky Pasha, had stat- Ingrid Bergman, ed that those who criticised and Betty Grable."
"So-called up-to-date film stars the British Government's recent procedures in Egypt were im- stay so long in Hollywood that thev become country girls, and bued with the prejudices of 10
don't know what the people in che years ago, based on outworn con- other big cities are thinking ceptions of armed domination.
about," she says. "That such a thing should be said in such a quarter shows, I am afraid, the misunderstand
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ing which has been produced in Egypt by the procedures of the British Government," said Lord Altrincham, adding that such atatements had no basis in truth, and it was because Bri-
there was
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88 CONDEMNED TO DEATH
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Dr. Adam's reasoning: A man's ex-urge is greatest at 20, declines steadily thereafter.
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RECALLED
Capetown, May 22. Brussels, May 21. India's high commissioner for Ttain was so deeply concerned Eighty-eight traitors, con- South Africa, Deshmukd, has been with the sovereign independence demned to death for collabora recalled for consultation in view of Egypt that she was also tion with the Nasis have been of the present state of the Asiatic concerned with every question
executed lnce the liberation, it cnd Indian representation bill.
Desbmukd was informed by act affecting her future security. was announced officially today.
Declaring that
The executions represent less ing premier, Dr Hofmeyr, of the nothing that Britain had done, than one-tenth, of the death recall at a conference on Tuesday. or hoped to achieve in futuro sentences passed on 897 traitors Associated Press. relations with Egypt which still held in Belgian, prisons. Charlie Chaplin's fim, "The would be incompatible with the More than 2,254 other deathGreat Dictator," which comically sentences have been passed "in foreshadowed, Hitler's fall, in tổ absentian."-Associated Press. be shown soon in Berlin.
Dally at 2.30; 5.15; 7.15 & 9.15. dignity and self respect of the Egyptians, he said that the Mickey Rooney
Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 was freely negotiated; and with out it, Egypt would have been overrun. The fact remained that at the present moment Egyptian nationalism was, un- questionably violently inflamed against Britain i No-attributed this partly to the fact that tho ovacuation of Cairo and Alex- andria was not announced "im- mediately after the capitulation of Jupun, ko
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