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And the ambitions of British policy 103 "Everything is going perfectly, and nothing could be better than it is." But we ask here, what is meant by their statement, "The Ministry of Public Works decided what it decided in 1914?" Can those who published that semi-official memorandum name even one Egyptian engineer with a proper understanding of what has happened and is happening with the waters of the Nile and Sudan? Is there a single Egyptian engineer in this country who knows what was contained in the secret reports written by the missions sent to the Upper Nile, one after another, year after year? Has anything appeared in Egypt, or has any Egyptian learned anything, about the investigations in Lake Tsana and the projects planned there? Does any Egyptian know what funds were agreed upon and what gifts were distributed to the Abyssinian chiefs in that region, all from "the money of Egypt and Egyptians"? We remember and will not forget that publication they broadcast, "that the Sudan Irrigation Department is in direct dispute with the Undersecretary of State for English Public Works, who uses a British secretary. When they decided that the Sudan was the 'Egyptian Administration Council': is the statement of Mr. Tonham to some journalists after his return from the Upper Nile, that he agreed with the authorities in Uganda to allow observations to be taken on Lake Albert to determine the water levels that flow to Egypt, not enough proof for us of the reality of the situation? Indeed, what they consider a right over the waters of two great rivers: we do not forget, and we cannot forget, that they are deceiving us once again. Let it be noted in the great records in Sudan that those imposed between Egypt and England, the Governor of Sudan did not respect this decision. While that official was authorizing Lord Kitchener and the Egyptian Minister of Public Works, on his side, the decision of the Egyptian government was ignored and its consequences were ignored. Work in the treasuries of Makurundi or anything else that was intended to end. Is this respect for the opinion of the Egyptian government regarding the waters of the Nile?

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