Sir Edward Grey (Foreign Secre-try) hus made a detailed starement in Parliament in regard to the Turkish negotiations, It showed that Moukhtar Pasha, in an interview with the Khedive, demanded that the boundary be from El Rafeh to Suez and thence to Aka-ba. The Khedive replied suggesting demarcation on the basis of the Grand Vizier's telegram of the 8th of April, 1892, which meant a line ranning from El Rafeh to a point three miles west of Akaba, Turkey mplied that thad telegram only referred to the Western side of the Sinai peninsula, and its interpreta-non concerned only Turkey.
supported the Kbedives's proposals The ie peated the 3rd alt nul asked for n favourable reply within ten days.
Sir Edward Grey added that the extent of the Turkish demands, and the tone and character of the Turkish communications to the Khedive, made it impossible to defer the settlement indefinitely, Assent to the latest development of the Turkish demands would be read as a danger to the freedom of the Suez Canal, the liberties of Egypt, and of the Khedivial dynasty,—Reuter.
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