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PZ 5636/35 'Egypt: Annual Reports 1934 -1938' [‎11v] (29/342)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (166 folios). It was created in 15 Aug 1935-22 Sep 1939. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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attitude of the Egyptian Go^rnment of an apprehended inter
the actual notification to the OT Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. (who
national emergency under articte ^ “ authorities had acquiesced
had returned to Egypt) an ^ 0 “ e / t r ® s P°Ui arv forL in the western desert and in
and elsewhere The actual
notificronff a°n apprehended 1 international emergency w Pr^
Minister on the 26th September, and shortly after piactical arrangements were
mlde for the eventual declaration of Hat de siege and the various matters which
would arise from the application of martial law. Towards the end of the cnsis
however, some responsible Egyptians, under the growing fear of Italian aerial
bombardment of Egypt and inspired, no doubt, from German sources began to
toy with the idea that Egypt might remain neutral in the wai. 1 he feasibility
of this notion was strongly contested by the ambassador on bis return from leave
and the crisis ended without further development. ^ The evil seed had, however,
been sown and was to flower later in the year. The Egyptian people took the crisis
with much more equanimity than might have been expected after its obvious panic
at the beginning of the Abyssinian crisis. They displayed no sympathy for
Germany, but much of their apathy arose from their lack of interest in foreign
affairs. The Wafd did its best to stir the populace by depicting Egypt as being
dragged at Great Britain’s chariot wheel into a war to serve the latter’s
imperialist designs and to point the moral that a minority Government was
sacrificing Egypt to Great Britain as a price for being kept in power by the latter.
The crisis ended before this campaign had had time to pass from vague
generalities to the formulation of a policy opposed to military co-operation with
Great Britain. In spite of its apparent violence, there is no doubt that the Wafd
would have hesitated to commit itself to a definite policy in conflict with the
obligations of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, which is still regarded as its own
peculiar handiwork. Its leaders continued to attack the Government in and out
of season and on every conceivable issue. These attacks and the noisy manifesta
tions to which they gave rise led to trouble in October, when Nahas Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ,
Makram Ebeid Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and members of the police were injured during disorders
which arose out of an attempt by the Wafd leaders to harangue the mob from the
Zaghlul statue in Cairo. Sixty persons were subsequently tried for rioting; and
received severe sentences. This incident caused intense feeling at the time and
many persons were left with the impression that the actual assaults on Nahas and
Makram Pashas were not satisfactorily explained.
session on P r a P mrr n A,I a8 on the 10th November after the longest
numhe, Of wwh C J? 1 ™ 6 m re g ard to legislation, it had witnessed a
wT 'E lively debates in both Houses, and especially in the Senate where the
Ux law an^ L°IE defeat at the P°Us, were very strong The income
oTtle p^llamentZ year ThT 1 * Stamp duties we ’ e the real“ruUs
19th November, when tie soeefh fmJtf^Tu 11 was \ °P ened . by the King on the
defence measures and included a referen' 6 E?? 6 d , ea 1 ma ' ri ly with finance and
With the embassy dunng the kternaHon ,° the collaboration maintained
Minister’s health" gave 'emise foEan xiet^ °, r ^ sls ' A ‘ this time the Prime
Ministry and of a failure on the part’orfhe^p 0 wer ® si ? ns of a rift in the
colleagues. Rumours of ministerial chan wp Pnme Mmister to control his
Ions that the Wafd were regaining some ofTheirT? 0 ’ ^ there were indica -
the ministry declined. Moreover ther^ 15 ° S ^ g round as the prestige of
he Palace and the Wafd,Tough the influen^f/^ , a miId flirtation between
T \° f the part y P rOTed a tumbling Uocl to Ma k am E beid Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. in the
rapprochement. In the autumn the s udef .f 111 the wa y of a real
..__ we un ™istakable signs of restWr^,, ' rm° '■ Az har and of the university
ontent. One disturbance at El A E ^^pwaru ana visible sio-nq of

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Content

The volume comprises five printed Foreign Office annual reports (for the years 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938) relating to Egypt.

The printed reports follow the same format. They start with a letter from the High Commissioner to Egypt (Sir Miles Lampson) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir John Simon, Anthony Eden, Viscount Halifax) with a summary of significant developments.

Accompanying these letters is an enclosure with the annual report for each year. Each report starts with a contents section. The reports have an introduction and sections on internal politics and relations with the United Kingdom and the British Empire; international relations by country; relations between Egypt and the Sudan; economic and financial situation; and general matters.

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1 volume (166 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 168; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 5-165 ; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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