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BRITAIN IS LOSING HER DITCH
BRITAIN'S recent agreement with Egypt
to withdraw her military forces from
the Suez Canal zone by early 1956 ends 72
years of British occupation of “The richest
ditch on earth.’’
The $73,800,000 sea-level canal, stretch
ing 101 miles to connect the Mediterranean
and the Red Sea, was built by French En
gineer Ferdinand de Lesseps, largely with
French capital. Formally opened on No
vember 17, 1869. by Empress Eugenie of
France, the canal soon became a sore spot
with Great Britain, who had no voice in
canal tolls or management although three
out of every four ships using the short cut
to the Far East were flying the British flag.
It was not until Disraeli’s famous Suez grab
of 1875, when he negotiated the purchase
of a large block of shares held by the bank
rupt Khedive of Egypt, that Great Britain
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during one of many demonstrations against British occupation of Suez Canal zone area.
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a fierce three-hour battle with troops guarding an approach to the Suez Canal Zone area.
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A BRITISH patrol plane flies over a giant floating dock, built in Bombay, India, as it is
towed through Suez Canal en route to Malta. Unlike Panama Canal, Suez has no locks.
became an active partner in the Compagnie
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the Suez Company. Shortly after Disraeli
had made the purchase his government,
worried about the canal’s security, ordered
troops to protect the empire’s proverbial
। 'ifeline. Military occupation of the canal
kept Anglo-Egyptian relations at an almost
, constant boiling point as nationalists sought
to drive the English from their country.
Under the terms of the recent agreement,
the British will continue to keep a small
, maintenance force of civilian technicians
. assigned to the Canal area, on a stand-by
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The British Government, which owns 43%
, per cent of the canal stock, remains as the
, Suez Company’s number one stockholder
and best customer, with the United States
running a close second.
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PASSING SCENE — an Egyptian laborer is searched for weapons on enter
ing the British zone. All Empire troops rriust leave Canal Zone by 1956.
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ROADS LEADING into the canal zone are guarded day and night by British troops.
Soon, all the barricades will be lifted and traffic can move freely along the canal.
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ANGLO-EGYPTIAN Suez Canal accord comes at last as Britain’s Anthony Head
(left), agreement negotiator, watches Egypt’s Premier Gamal Nasser sign paper