Egyptian Sudan. 831 A million feddans would require > billions of cubic meters, and this quantity of water is not available to Egypt and Sudan except by building dams. This work itself requires Egypt and Sudan to be united under one government, in which their interests are aligned. The Nile should not be a source of conflict, nor should the interests of the two countries be contradictory, nor should Egypt be exposed to need or subjugation by the Sudanese government.

It is absurd for these opportunistic politicians to say that Egyptians want to rule Sudanese. The Sudanese do not aspire to that, but rather they say to the Sudanese: "We are brothers, equals. One merges with his brother, and the interests of each merge with the interests of the other, so that there is one interest. The Gezira will not be at the expense of the Delta, nor the Delta at the expense of the Gezira, but rather they will prosper together for the revival of both."

The Egyptian is Sudanese in Sudan, and the Sudanese is Egyptian in Egypt. If we revive the Gezira and develop it, we are reviving and developing it for its people and inhabitants.

The company pays only to the landowners in that Gezira 10 piasters per *gid'a* (and a *gid'a* is equivalent to five feddans). Sir Murdoch MacDonald said in his report on the Nile waters: "Detailed research has shown us that Egypt will need in the future 7 million and 100,000 feddans, requiring 1.5 billion cubic meters of water for irrigation. When Egypt reaches this stage - the final stage with no further increase possible - of development, 2 million feddans will have been prepared in Sudan for cultivation, requiring 6 billion cubic meters of water. The land of Sudan requires a larger quantity of water than Egypt due to the heat. However, the land of Sudan needs rest more than the land of Egypt. Cotton is planted in Sudanese land only once every three years. If 100,000 feddans are prepared for cotton cultivation, only 100,000 feddans will be planted in that year."

This is what Sir Murdoch MacDonald says. He states that the fertility of Egyptian soil is due to...