THE OUTLOOK IN EGYPT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 157, 28 March 1919, Page 7

THE OUTLOOK IN EGYPT

GOVERNMENT STILL ANXIOUS . STATEMENT IN HOUSE OF COMMONS By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright London,-March 21. Mr. Cecil Harmsworth, Under-S'ecre-•taryto the Foreign Office, in the House of Commons, said that the situation in Egypt is causing tho Government considerable anxiety. Tho Foreign Office hail refused to receive Egyptian Nationalists in London because their claims did not admit ot' discussion. The situation demanded firmness, which, tho-Government would enforce with all tho powers at their disposal— Aus.-X.Z. Cable Assn. STATEMENT BY GENEBAJ;'* ALLENBY.

Paris, March 20. General Allenby paid n hurried visit to Paris and conferred with members of tho Peace Conference, to whom he supplied first hand information regarding Palestino and Mesopotamia. Speaking to tho Empire Press, General Allenb.v said that the civil administration under military supervision was doing good work, and everything ■ was quiet. The old Turkish laws .were being administered by the British ..officials. When it was remembered that the country included every shade of nationality and every shade of religion it was surprising how littlo trouble had arisen. They could not, however, relax the military- control until perfectly settled conditions obtained. It was possible to travel by rait from Constantinople to Cairo. General Allenby will return .forth-with.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SITUATION IMPROVING, (Rec. March 27, 11.40 p.m.) , _ Cairo, March 26. • As the result of strong military measnrts the situation is improving. Tho main railway telegraph has been restored in Lower Egypt, but Upper Egypt is still cut off. A relief force has arrived at Assiut, and tho officer commanding'reports that Ilia situation is satisfactory. Tliero was an outbreak at Port Said on March 21, when the coolies, under the influence of hashish, attacked tho residential quarter. Troops drove them off, killing six ami wounding seventeen. Mobs attacked o. rel'ef train at Mitgn?ar on March 2!t. The troops inflicted one hundred casiVUties. It transpir.es that nine, not seven, British officers were murdered on the Cairo-Luxor express on March 15. Large numbers of rioters have been arrested, with ox-Ministers and religious chiefs. Tho Nationalist leader, appealing to the people for the restoration of law and order, hoped that calm would 600ji be ■ restored, but it would take the country years to recover from the effects ot the excesses.—Reuter.