A Treaty with Egypt Considerably overshadowed by greater events else-
where, the Anglo-Egyptian conversations were opened in public at Cairo on Monday, Sir Miles Lampson, with advisers, representing Great Britain, and Nahas Pasha, the Wafd leader, heading the All-Party Egyptian dele- gation. The speeches were formal and of no great importance in thenselves, but a good impression seems to have been created by Sir Miles -Lampson's closing sentence, in which he looked forward to the conclusion of the desired treaty and, resulting from it, a new era in the relationships between the two countries, " when, Egypt having assumed complete sovereignty, Great Britain and Egypt would appear before the world as allies and equals." If the atmosphere created by that aspiration can be maintained good progress should be effected in the course of the detailed negotiations which begin in private next week. On the basis of a military alliance an agreement regarding the despatch of British troops in Egypt need not be difficult. And if a good beginning is made in that field more delicate problems like the future regime in the Sudan can be faced in a hopeful spirit. .
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