Foreigners, to what you do not believe in, God willing. Fear of the police and their misuse of their function, and it has also been proven

that their existence in Egypt is a great burden. The hope is that what I have mentioned has dispelled all this fear of them and not just alleviated it. I am confident that as people study the project I am presenting more, they will become more convinced that there is no cause for the anxiety they have taken upon themselves, especially regarding the police in Egypt. I am the last to ask for excessive power to be given to the police, whether in this country or elsewhere. But I say that those who uphold the law among the members of Egyptian society will gain much from this change and lose nothing. And I do not say the same about the

religious religious Egyptian gain believe civilize law because among the purposes intended by this change is to deprive them of the means that now facilitate their escape from the clutches of the law. And the way to resist them is not to give the Egyptian police excessive power, nor to arouse their zeal to the point of exceeding the limits of moderation, but in another way that is more effective in achieving the desired goal and is loyal to the law, which is to establish a practical council with authority over laws suitable for the country's needs and to establish as well as punish anyone who violates those laws with punishment that achieves the intended purpose. So I appeal to all respected European figures in Egypt, hoping that they will assist with all their effort in removing the harm that European residents are currently suffering from the existence of a small number who are safe from punishment. And may this hope not be disappointed, and my plea to them that those who violate the law not go unpunished.

(D) Taxation

I propose that all the rights that the states now have regarding taxation of Europeans in Egypt be transferred to the new council, whose decisions will be implemented after ratification by the Egyptian and British governments. As for taxes, to the extent that the government can, it is hardly bearable that a project for general taxation be presented to the council, other than local taxes. I repeat here what I have said before about them, which is that if a project for taxing Europeans and Egyptians is not established, the growing needs of the cities of the Egyptian province cannot be met. (5)