Foreign Secretary on the Position London, Apr. 4.
Replying to the Egyptian Note of March 31, the Foreign Secretary, Sir Austen Chamberlain, declines to accept, the Note as a correct exposition of the relations between Great Britain and Egypt or of their respective obligation. He declares that, as the Egyptian Government has refused the treaty which aimed at securing a settlement on the four points reserved under the claration of 1922, the status quo ante continues and the reserved points remain reserved to the absolute discretion of the British Governmant—the Egyptian Govern ment exercising its independent authority subject to satisfying His matters—Reuter, Majesty's Government on these British Reply Favourably Received Cairo, Apr.
'The British reply to the Egyptian' Note has bean favourably received by the press, and the political ate mosphere has greatly improved.
In Wafd Party circles the opinion is expressed that Great Britain 1s manifestly maintaining a friendly attitude towards Egypt, 'The Premier, Nahas Pasha, in the course of a statement in the' Cham= bar of Deputies to-day, said that the Egyptian Government upheld its point of view, which was based on programme which they believed the best way to strengthen the ties of friendship between Egypt and Great Britain, The opinion is generally express that he incident has closed
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