8. When engaging foreign officials, Egypt shall give, as a role, preference to British subjects. Other nationals shall only be engaged if qualified British subjects are not available.
9. Great Britain undertakes -to use all her influence with the Capitulatory Powers to obtain modification of the Capitulations in order to make them conform more closely to the spirit of the times and the present state of Egypt.
10, Great Britain shall assist the admission of Egypt to the League of Nations. Egypt declares herself ready to accept the conditions of admission, 11. Great Britain shall be represented in Egypt by an Ambassador with precedence over the representatives of all other foreign powers.
12, Nothing in this treaty shall prejudice the rights and obligations of both the contracting' parties under the Covenant of the League of Nations.
18. This clause gives an annex to the Treaty for making effective certain provisions of the Treaty which are to have the same validity and duration as the Treaty.
14. This clause provides that in the event of any disagreement with regard to the application or {interpretation of the Treaty which cannot be settled by direct negotiations the matter shall be dealt with in accordance with the Covenant of the League of Nations.
The Exchange of Documents Mar. 6.
The'text of the proposed Anglo-Egyptian Treaty has been rejected by the Egyptian Cabinet and the papers relating to its negotiation by Sarwat Pasha and Sir Austen Chamberlain have been issued for The document basins with a memorandum by Sir Austen Cham-Dorlain after his first conversation with Sarwat Pasha in London la July, during which Anglo-Egyptian relations were reviewed and a mutual desire expressed to prepare the way for close ce-operation. After this Sarwat Pasha contribut-the draft of a treaty, to which 8 counteralraft, approved by the British Government, was returned. When Sarwat Pasha left London in November, his discussions. with Sir Austen were practically com-letod, but the final approval of the British Government was required for a third draft on which the two statesmen had agreed. When this had been given, Sir Austen sent the text to Lord Lloyd, the British High Commissioner in Egypt, with a covering despatch, which pointed out that the final draft differed in an. important manner from that originally offered to Sarwat Pasha fand embodied large concessions to the latter's own. views and to Lgyptian sentiment, 7
In a despatch to Lord Lloyd, Gated March 1, Sir Austen Cham: berlain refers to the former's tele graphed report on his conversation ith Nahas Pasha, the leader of the Wafd, who had stated that he felt it useless to discuss what advan-clauses of the Treaty would have for Egypt since the instrument failed to provide for complete evacuation by the British troops.
Zaghlal and Realittes Sir Austen says that Nahas Pasha seemed no more inclined to recognize the realities of the situation than did Zaghlul Pasha four yours ago, when Mr, Ramsay Ma& Donald made it clear that "No British Government, in the light of the experience of the late War, can divest itself wholly, even in favour of an ally, of its interest regarding such a vital Link in British communications s the Suez Canal. Such security must be a feature of any agreement."
"Bie "Austen adda that it, was Sarwat Pasha's recognition of these realities which made it possible to negotiate - the~Treaty and i® is Nahas Pasha's refusal to recognize them which will again make a cettloment difficult.
Sir Austen authorized Lord Lloyd, when the Treaty was re-
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