Cairo, Feb, 20, Egypt would not tolerate inierfor~ ence from a foreign Power in her defence of Egyptian territory, declared Ahmed Maher, leader dissident Nationalists, "in. referring ast evening to reports that Taly was seeking to take part in the ldefenee of the Suez Canal, Ahmed Maher, who was making an election speech, added that the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty stipulated that Exypt Was alone to be responsible for the defence of the Suez Canal, and that British forces would assist Baypt in the defence of the Canal until the re-organization of the Exyptian Army had been completed—Reuter,
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