20 APRIL 1951, Page 18

Egypt and the Sudan

SIR,—In your very interesting paragraph on the present Anglo-Egyptian negotiations, you state that " the Bevin-Sidky formula regarding that" (i.e. a satisfactory settlement of the Sudan's future) " was so subtle as to be meaningless," but that " no one has yet (as far as is known) suggested a better one." • Actually, acceptance of the formula would have involved unity between Egypt and the Sudan under the common Crown of Egypt, which would have been far from " meaningless," and the promise recently repeated by Mr. Morrison that no settlement of the Sudan should be reached without the consent of the Sudanese is a far better, and indeed the obvious, solution of the question.—I have the honour to be, Sir, your