The relations of Great Britain and Egypt are probably as
satisfactory as they have been since the War. It was announced in the House of Commons on Thursday, March 22nd, that the Egyptian Government had ratified the Financial Agreement which was concluded last month, thus settling all outstanding monetary claims. Of particular interest is Egypt's undertaking to pay the arrears of her liability for the Ottoman Guaranteed Loan—withheld since 1924—and an amount to cover future services and sinking fund on the loan in return for a final discharge from actual claims. Our Government has also consented to grant Egypt a share in British Empire Reparation receipts. In another connexion we have rarely heard a better interpretation of British educational ideals than that of Mohamed Pasha Mahmud at Victoria College, Alexandria, on March 18th. " I still feel as a Balliol man," he said, " as one who has been granted the freedom of a corporation . . . a freedom im- plying a willing submission to certain standards of con- duct, to certain ties . . . founded on . . . those human youthful sympathies which transcend professional, poll- tical, and racial differences."
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