Reports and papers of the Egyptian Administration Committee [‎35r] (69/108)

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Th© volume and urgency of administrative
and specialist affairs would tend to in
crease progressively as the end of tho
war approached, v/hil© upon the conclusion
of Peace the nationalists, the Press a'hd
tho legislative Assembly would be able
and eager to resume active operations.
Drastic revision of the Constitution
would doubtless follow. Ho did not
thini:- these problems were adequately
realised by those at present dealing
with Egyptian affairs, yet upon their
full anc speedy solution must depend
the welfare of Egppt for generations to
come. It was of the first importance
that, though they must necessarily be
solved in Egypt itself, they should be
solved dth the full understanding and
consent of His Majesty’s Government; it
was also essential that the Egyptian Govern
ment, in accordance with the recognised
practice of the business world, should
have qualified men to represent its
interests at Home, The Foreign Office
was not well fitted to deal with questions
outside its ordinary competence, which was
the foreign relationships of the British
amgire; and he mentioned as proof of the
inadequacy of existing conditions the
complications that occurod in telegraphic
intercourse on various important matters
between Cairo and the Foreign Office,
such as messages dealing with currency