EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS. '
London, May 23,
In the House of Commons last night, the Government was questioned regarding the reported equipment of steamers under the supervision of British naval authorities m Egypt. In his reply, Mr Gladstone explained that the Admiralty was making arrangements for a service of small steamers to act as patrols on the Nile between Assouan on the First Cataract and the Wady Haifa at the Second Cataract on that river. The Premier also made a statement regarding the approaching international Conferene on Egyptian affairs, m the course of which he declared that the Government would never consent to revert to the dual control by England and France of Egyptian finances, and he added that no power had as yet attempted to alter the basis upon which the British Government had proposed that the Conference should take place.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 152, 26 May 1884, Page 3
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140EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS. ' Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 152, 26 May 1884, Page 3
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