Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-12-04 | Page 54 | Egyptians Want Restrictions Removed

EGYPTIANS WANT 5 REMOVED H u Delegation Seeks Abandonment Abandonment Abandons Abandon Abandon- s ment of Bri British ish Pro Pro- H. H 5 0 o ii LONDON Dec 3 By the Associated Press Press-A A British government white pa paper r Issued tonight regarding negotiations negotiations with an aft an Egyptian delegation on the abandonment of ot the British protectorate protectorate over Egypt shows that the Egyptians rejected the proposals df Lord Curzon foreign secretary chiefly owing to the military provisions The reply ot the of-the the Egyptian delegation delegation delegation tion stated proposals reserved to Great Britain the tho right to maintain her military mili mUi- military tary forces throughout Egypt and to control communication which constitutes constitutes constitutes occupation pure and simple de destroys destroys de- de str ys every Idea of ot Independence and nd suppresses even Internal sovereignty The r reply ply also said the British proposals regarding Sudan were also unacceptable unacceptable un un- acceptable as they failed to guarantee to Egypt the sovereignty of ot Sudan and the control of ot the Nile Tho The white paper contained a communication communication com com- from General Allenby to the Egyptian sultan In which the former former former for for- mer regretted Egypt's rejection of the proposals Neither the pr present sent condition condition condition condi condi- tion In the world nor the course of ot events In Egypt sl sirce ce the armistice sa says s General Allenby's communication permits a modification in the disposition disposition disposition tion of the British forces Egypt Is a apart apart part of the empires empire's communication