69 And the ambitions of British policy Mouta - considered Egyptian And I, Lord Dilan, on the validity of this, the statements of the great Englishmen themselves regarding the Fashoda incident and the Anglo-Italian Treaty of 1891-1894 1. On October 12, 1898, Lord Salisbury stated to the French Ambassador, "The Nile Valley was and remains the property of Egypt, and all the treaties and all the infringement that the Mahdi's conquest and his disruption of the status of this ownership caused has been removed by the victory of the Anglo-Egyptian army at Omdurman (1). 2. Lord Rosebery said in a speech he delivered in Esudov on October 12, 1898, "We are now working to return to Egypt what constitutes - according to the statements of all French ministries - Egyptian land (2). 3. Lord Kimberley stated at a banquet held in honor of Lord Kitchener the following: "The withdrawal from Fashoda cannot affect France's dignity because the French Government itself stated that the disputed lands are the property of Egypt." (2) On the other hand, the second clause of the Anglo-Italian agreement concluded in 1894 and 1891 states: "The Italian Government, in case it is compelled to act to meet its military needs, shall accept Kassala and the territory adjacent to it up to Atbara. However, it shall be understood by both governments that any temporary military occupation of the additional lands specified in this clause does not nullify the rights of the Egyptian Government over those lands. These rights remain suspended only until the Egyptian Government is able to resume occupation of the mentioned region." (1) See Blue Book, October 5, 1898 (2) See The Times, October 12 and 24, 1898 (3) See The Times, November 15, 1898