Reports that Ismail Sidkly Pasha, former President of Egypt, who is now vacationing in Paris, has been negotiating with the Israelis for a peace treaty were denied today in the Egyptian Senate, a dispatch from Cairo stated. The denial was made by Senator Ibrahim Rashid Bey, son-in-law of Sidky Pasha. “There is no truth in the report,” Rashid Bey declared.
(Parliamentary sources in Israel today said that the Israel Government intends to file a protest with the United Nations Security Council against Egypt’s interforing with vessels loaded with goods for Israel passing through the Suez Canal. The same sources said, however, that Israel does not plan to protest against Iraq’s refusal to permit the flow of oil to Haifa.)
The Egyptian Government today suffered a severe reversal when the Senate refused to drop consideration of charges of financial irregularities in the conduct of the Palestine war. The Senate voted to refer the matter to its Constitutional Affairs Committee which will make the final decision on whether to set up a commission of inquiry into the conducting of the Palestine campaign.
Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Mohamed Salah el Din Bey, told Parliament tonight the government would continue to support the Arab League and “safeguard Arab interests.” He was answering a suggestion by a Wafdist supporter of the government that Egypt should withdraw from the League, thus saving about $190,000 annually and “avoiding troubles.”
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