10 DECEMBER 1921, Page 3

The Egyptian delegation, headed by Adly Pasha, rejected these term&

The presence of a British garrison outside the

Canal zone would, they said, constitute occupation. The High Commissioner would render Egypt's control of her foreign policy illusory. The provisions concerning the Sudan did not guarantee to Egypt the exercise of her indisputable right of sovereignty over that country "—a " right " which the. Sudanese, we aro sure, would repudiate and ridicule. The delegates complained that, when they hoped to negotiate a treaty of affiance, they were invited to accept a " deed of guardianship."