LONGMANS, GREEN & CO., LTD. 1928 The Edinburgh Review JULY, 1928 No. 505 EGYPT DURING AND SINCE THE WAR 1. Reports by H.M.'s High Commissioner on the Finances, Administration of Egypt and the Sudan for the period 1914-1919. Cmd. 957. 1920. 2. Ditto for the year 1920. Cmd. 1487. 1921. 3. Report of the Special Mission to Egypt. Cmd. 1131. 1921. 4. Minutes of Proceedings and Report of the Military Court of Enquiry into the Alexandria Riots. Cmd. 1527. 1921. 5. Papers respecting Negotiations with the Egyptian Delegation. Cmd. 1555. 1921. 6. Correspondence respecting Affairs in Egypt. Cmd. 1592. 1922. 7. Despatch to H.M.'s Representatives abroad respecting the Status of Egypt. Cmd. 1617. 1922. 8. Despatch to H.M.'s High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan respecting the position of H. M.'s Government. Cmd. 2269. 1924. 9. Papers regarding Negotiations for a Treaty of Alliance with Egypt. Cmd. 3050. 1928. 10. Parliamentary Debates (especially December 15th, 1924). WHE WHEN the Great War broke out in 1914, Egypt was still legally an autonomous dependency of the Ottoman Empire. Her relations with Turkey were defined by a series of firmans granted by the Sultan to successive Egyptian rulers, but in consequence of the part played by European Powers in deciding the form of the original firman granted to Mohammed Ali in 1841, the signatories of the Convention of London of 1840 claimed the right to be consulted about modifications in subsequent firmans. The bankruptcy into which Ismail Pasha plunged the country had led to the establishment of the "Caisse de la Dette and the international control of Egyptian finances. The privileged VOL. 248. NO. 505. All rights reserved. A |