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“...GREAT BRITAIN
AND THE EAST
INCORPORATING “ THE NEAR EAST AND INDIA”
Telegrams: Eastaprox, Westcent, London.
T elephone:
Holborn 8254.
A Weekly Review of the Politics, Commerce and Finance of Great Britain (including the British Empire), the Balkans, Turkey, Egypt, the Sudan, Malta, Cyprus, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Arabia, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, India, Federated Malay States, China and Japan.
General Editor: E. A. Mackenzie-Bell.
Editorial Offices:
“ GREAT BRITAIN & THE EAST,” 133/136, High Holborn, London, W.C.l.
No. 1,485.—VOL. LIII.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1939.
Established 1911
The aims of this Paper are : the Maintenance of Peace ; the Safeguarding of our Imperial Communications ; the Promotion of British Trade; and the Interpretation of Great Britain (including the British Empire) to the East, and of the East to Great Britain (including the British Empire).
Page
NOTES OF THE WEEK................ 381
LEADING ARTICLES—
Unity in Egypt .............. 383
The Economic Weapon ..........”
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“...class sleepers with bedding available on all night trains.
TOURIST SERVICE
Special facilities available for visiting ancient and holy cities. Tourist Saloon Coaches with kitchen and attendants, may be retained for the whole tour.
REST-HOUSES
are provided at Ur Junction, Hillali, Khanaqin, Kirkuk and Mosul. GOODS TRAFFIC
All classes of goods traffic conveyed expeditiously and. efficiently. Cargo booked by sea and rail on through bills of lading cleared in Baghdad for distribution to any part of Iraq.
Full particulars obtainable from: —
Traffic Manager, Iraqi State . „r,T,T.eT1Sgrin}
Railways, Baghdad. TRANSRAIL, BAGHDAD.
Messrs. Frank C. Strick & Co., 117-121, Leadenhall Street, London, E.C.2.
Hansa Line Agents, Messrs. Stelp and Leighton, Ltd. (Homeward), and Messrs. J. H. Wackerbarth & Co., Ltd. (Outward), of 9-13, Fenchurch Buildings, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C.3.
Messrs. Schenkers, Ltd., Shipping Forwarding Agents, 134, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.4.
PASSENGER AGENTS:
Messrs...”
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“...these monstrous crimes against humanity.
BANQUE MISR
Societe Anonyme Egyptienne
Paid-up Capital £El,000,000
Reserve Fund £E624,446
Fund for Development of National Industries £E275,000
Carried Forward £E53,210
HEAD OFFICE: 151, Rue Emad El Dine, CAIRO.
Branches and Offices all over Egypt : Correspondents all over the world.
THE BANK MISR OFFERS A COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE
MISR AIRLINES
operated by
MISR AIRWORK (S.A.E.)
Regular air services in Egypt
and between
Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus, Syria and Iraq
Travel by air
Special Air Journeys arranged for any destination.
MISR LINE
(Societe MISR de Navigation Maritime)
REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SERVICES to and from ALEXANDRIA, GENOA AND MARSEILLES
From Alexandria: November 16. From Marseilles : November 22. CAIRO: 151, Rue Emad el Dine. ALEXANDRIA : 14, Rue Fouad ler.
SOCIETE MISR (D’Assurances Generales S.A.E.)
Capital Fully Subscribed £E200,000. Head Offices : 1 Midan Soliman Pasha, CAIRO.
ALL CLASSES OF INSURANCE.
(LIFE FIRE ACCIDENT MARINE TRANSPORT...”
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“...388 Great Britain and the East.
November 9, 1939.
ANGLO-IRANIAN OIL
COMPANY, LTD.
DETROLEUM PRODUCTS manufactured by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and its associated and subsidiary companies include Aviation and Motor Spirits, Kerosene, Vaporising Oil, White Spirit, Lubricating Oil, Gas Oil, Diesel Oil, and Fuel Oil. These products are marketed in the principal European countries and in Africa, Australia, Ceylon, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Syria,
and Sudan.
BRITANNIC HOUSE, FINSBURY CIRCUS, LONDON, E.C.2...”
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“...E., who has been nominated to the post of British Consul-General at Durazzo, in succession to Sir Andrew Ryan, entered the Consular Service as a student interpreter in the Levant in 1914. In the course of a long and varied service abroad he has served in Alexandria, Jiddah, Istanbul, and in Cairo, where, on his return in 1925, he was Assistant Oriental Secretary, in Mosul, and latterly he was in charge of the Consulate at Baghdad. He was awarded the O.B.E. in 1932.
The new Egyptian Minister to Iraq, Sayid Abdul Rahman, who arrived in Baghdad last month from Cairo, will also represent his country in Iran, Afghanistan and Saoudi-Arabia.
Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell, former British Minister in Belgrade, who has been appointed Ambassador at Paris, was sworn in a member of his Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council at Buckingham Palace on November 3. Sir Ronald Campbell was afterwards received by the King and kissed hands upon his appointment as Ambassador, and he and Lady Campbell were invited...”
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