§ 2. Colonel WEDGWOODasked whether an Egyptian is a British subject, and should enjoy in this country and in India the rights and privileges of British citizenship?
Mr. HARMSWORTHThe answer is in the negative. Persons who are recognised by the Egyptian Government as 1824 Egyptian subjects are, however, like natives of other British Protectorates, entitled to the good offices of His Majesty's representatives abroad.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODDo I understand that although we have annexed Egypt, although we have declared a Protectorate over it, that Egyptians are not thereby recognised British subjects?
§ Captain W. ORMSBY-GOREIs it not clear that the Protectorate does not mean annexation, and that Egyptians are subjects of the Sultan of Egypt and not of the British Crown?