No. 6. Sir Austen Chamberlain to Lord Lloyd (Cairo). (Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, May 2, 1928. You should return the following reply to the Egyptian note :· "Your Excellency; "I duly conveyed to my Government by telegraph the contents of your Excellency's note of 1st May, and I am now instructed to state in reply that His Majesty's Government in Great Britain have learned with satisfaction that in compliance with the request of His Majesty's Government and in pursuance of the advice tendered by your Excellency and the Egyptian Government, the Senate decided not to proceed with the Assemblies Bill during the present session. His Majesty's Government take note of your assurance that this decision has been taken in conformity with the ardent desire of the Egyptian Government to reach an understanding and their conciliatory sentiments. They are therefore entitled to assume that the Egyptian Government will be careful to avoid any revival of the controversy which has led to the present crisis. "2. His Majesty's Government observe, however, that the intentions of the Egyptian Government respecting the future of this Bill are not explicitly stated in your Excellency's note. In these circumstances, they think it well to make it clear, in terms which do not admit of misinterpretation, that they regard certain provisions of the Bill as calculated seriously to weaken. the hands of the administrative authorities responsible for the maintenance of order and for the protection of foreign lives and property. If, therefore, the measure in question were to be revived, or if other measures were introduced which in their view presented similarly dangerous features, His Majesty's Government would again be obliged to intervene, as in the present instance, to prevent their enactment. "3. His Majesty's Government can enter into no discussion respecting the Declaration of February 1922. One of the consequences of that instrument was to entail upon His Majesty's Government the responsibility for the protection of foreign interests in Egypt. It will be clear from the preceding paragraph that His Majesty's Government are resolved at all times to insist upon a precise discharge of its terms. This Declaration embodies the conditions subject to which independence was accorded to Egypt; and His Majesty's Government will not permit it to be either modified or disregarded." DILU Spenser DROIT Text of an Arrangement BETWEEN The competent French and British Authorities for facilitating the admission of Student Employees into the two countries and of notes exchanged between the Marquess of Crewe and M. Briand. Presented by the Minister of Labour to LONDON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses :. Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2; 120, George Street, Edinburgh; York Street, Manchester; 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; 15, Donegall Square West, Belfast; or through any Bookseller. 1928 Price 3d. Net Cmd. 3138. CONTENTS. Page No. 1. MEMORANDUM. An Order in Council made on March 25, 1920, under the Aliens Restriction Acts, 1914 and 1919, (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1920, No. 448, as amended by 1920, No. 2262, 1923, No. 326 and 1925, No. 760), provides in Article 1 (3) (b) as follows: 66 (3) Leave shall not be given to an alien to land in the United Kingdom unless he complies with the following conditions that is to say (b) if desirous of entering the service of an employer in the United Kingdom he produces a permit in writing for his engagement issued to the employer by the Minister of Labour. Arrangements have been made from time to time with the Authorities of certain countries to facilitate the reciprocal admission of student employees, and since March, 1923, an arrangement of this nature between the British and French Authorities has existed, allowing a limited number of French student employees to follow employment except in connection with hotels, restaurants and hairdressing. From the end of 1924, difficulties have been experienced by British subjects desiring to enter employment in France, or to resume their employment in that country, owing to restrictions imposed by the French Authorities, and these difficulties together with complaints of similar difficulties experienced by French subjects desiring to enter the United Kingdom for employment have on a number of occasions been the subject of correspondence between the Authorities. As a result of a recent Conference in Paris, an arrangement, particulars of which are published herein, was agreed upon between representatives of the authorities concerned; this arrangement relates exclusively to the entry of student employees "stagiaires ") into Great Britain and France respectively. (or At the same time, notes of which a copy is also published herein were exchanged between the Marquess of Crewe and M. Briand with regard to the formalities governing the entry of employees (other than student employees) into the two countries. Ministry of Labour. June 28th, 1928. No. 2. ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPETENT FRENCH AND BRITISH AUTHORITIES FOR FACILITATING THE ADMISSION OF STUDENT EMPLOYEES INTO THE TWO COUNTRIES. Article 1. The competent authorities of the two countries agree that student employees, that is to say, the nationals of one of the two countries who go to the other country for a limited period in order there to perfect themselves in the knowledge of the language or of the commercial or professional customs of that country, at the same time taking up employment in an industrial or commercial establishment, shall be permitted to take up such employment. Such permission will be granted within the limits and conditions hereafter set forth, whatever may be the condition of the labour market in the particular profession, in consideration of the importance of promoting professional instruction. Article 2. Student employees may be of either sex. As a general rule they must be beginners in their profession or not have passed the age of 30. Article 3. Permission is given as a general rule for one year. In exceptional circumstances, it may be prolonged for six months. Article 4. The number of permits granted to student employees of each country under the present arrangement to enable them to take up employment in the other country shall not exceed 250 for the period July 1st to December 31st, 1928, and shall not, thereafter, exceed 500 a year. Student employees will be allowed to follow all employments and professions with the exception of those in which the employment of foreigners is forbidden by law. Student employees will not, however, be allowed to follow the employments and professions mentioned below save under the conditions laid down in Article 5 (1) Hotel and restaurant employees. (2) Hairdressers and employees in postiche establishments. (3) Bank employees. (4) Hospital nurses and nurses. |