The Prime Minister, Sidky Pasha, categorically denied in Parliament to-day the rumours which have been in circulation with regard to his recent visit to Palestine, such as that he had discussed there the ceding of the Sinai Peninsula to Palestine, and questions affecting the restoration of the Caliphate and the proclamation of the Egyptian ex-Khedive, Abbas Hilmi, as King of Palestine or of Syria.
The question was raised in the form of an interpellation addressed to the Prime Minister, asking whether these rumours had any basis. The Primetine Minister declared that he had discussed with the Palestine Government only questions relating to economic intercourse between Egypt and Palestine.
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