When an official' of the Egyptian' Legation in London visited
the Foreign Office to present the Egyptian protest, he was informed " in the most. explicit manner ". that the British -Government regarded themselves. as respon- sible for the maintenance of order in the Sudan, that they intended to support the Sudan Government in its action- for the preservation of public security, and that they approved of the pretest made by the Acting High Commissioner in Egypt against the falsity of the Alexandrian communique. The Egyptian representative was further informed that the Government looked upon the disturbances in the Sudan as the direct result of the exaggerated claims made by the Egyptian Govern- ment, and of the attacks on the British Administration in the Sudan which had been so common in the Egyptian Parliament and Press. The British Govtrtuneut finally could not refrain from expressing their surprise that Egyptians " in responsible positions " should lend themselves to " deliberate misrepresentation." The official report of this interview ends laconically ; " The Egyptian official then withdrew."
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