Egyptian Sudan 144 The Gezira Irrigation Project Neither Egyptian interests nor state departments have documents to refer to regarding the Gezira irrigation issue and Sudan loans, which have reached thirteen and a half million pounds so far.

The 1889 agreement, which the English insist on and which Egypt was forced to accept under duress, is merely ink on paper or has entered the annals of history. There is no recourse for the Egyptian researcher to consult English books, magazines, and newspapers to understand what the Sudan development project is, its conditions, and the objectives they aim to achieve through it.

It once happened in the British House of Commons in 1920 that a member of parliament asked the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, during the discussion of a seven-million-pound loan for Sudan, "Have the Egyptians been informed of the conditions of this loan?" He replied, "It is sufficient for them to follow the discussion taking place here to know the truth." After this question, a copy of the discussion was sent to the Egyptian government, printed in English. Therefore, we are compelled to select news of destruction in Sudan from their newspapers and parliamentary discussions.

(March 1924), The Manchester Guardian, The Daily Chronicle, The Financial Times. What it carries: "The issue of finding vast areas for cotton cultivation has occupied many politicians and leaders of the textile industry in England for many years. The spinning industry in Lancashire depends on the availability of sufficient quantities of cheap cotton. Expensive cotton restricts trade, hinders projects, and confines business to a hand-to-mouth policy. However, cheap cotton must stop before all