THE RIOTS IN EGYPT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 155, 26 March 1919, Page 7

THE RIOTS IN EGYPT

STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS TENSION EASIER Br Telegraph-Press AsJociation-CopyrigUt (Rec. March 25, 7.15 p.m.) London, March 2d. Lord C'urzon, speaking in the House of Lords, said, Ihut the situation in Egypt was less anxious. The mobs in .'Upper Egypt had torn up the railways and cut down the telegraph poles, but communication was being maintained by aeroplanes and wireless. Tho recent manifestations were predatory, ruther than political. A serious feature of the disturbances was the possibility of the Bedouins joining the disorderly element. He had no doubt that General Allenby would soon re-establish order—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

(Eec. March 25. 10.20 p.m.) London, March 24. The "Daily Express' - ' correspondent at Cairo states' that all railway traffic in Egypt was suspended on Sunday. The mobs wrecked many stations and cut the lines, but the troops now hold the principal 'stations. Aeroplanes patrol the trades, machine-gunning the mobs. The trouble was renewed' on Monday, mora stations being destroyed. The studentlawyer classes, who fomented tho trouble, now find themselves in the hands of lawless bands of Bedouins and labourers. Cairo fears fresh outbreaks, Hut the railways and telegraphs are heavily guarded, the streets are patrolled, and the troops are confined to bar-racks.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM ■ • INQUIRY TO BE SET UP. (Rec. March 25, 9.50 p.m.) London, March' 2-1. . The Government .is instituting an inquiry into the reform of the administration in Egypt.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.