UNREST IN EGYPT.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1924, Page 3

UNREST IN EGYPT.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. (lAULS AHBOCIATIU.N MALTA. Aug. 11. His .Majesty's ship Weymouth, en route to Colombo, has l>con diverted to Port Sudan, and the battleship Marlborough has been despatched to Alexandria from Zara. Tnc sloop Clematis has gone to Port Sudan from Hurgliada. LONDON. Aug. I I. In t omieetinii w ith the Egyptian trouhle. Lord Alletihy (Sirdar) and SitLee Stack held a coniereuce with Mr .MacDonald at the Foreign Ollice. Cairo reports that a demonstration in sympathy with the Sudan disturbances was held in the ;illernnon there. Everything in the Sudan is now quiet. LONDON. Aug. 11. The Central News states the British Government has retained the services of the liners Moldavia and Yorkshire to convey troops from Port Said !:i Port Sudan, if required. LONDON. Aug. 11. Lord Alletihy is cutting short his leave, and is returning to Egypt immediately. THE SOUDAN. [ “Tm; Times” Skkvu k.l (Received this day at 0.25 a.m.l LONDON. Aug. 15. The “Times" ('aim correspondent states undoubtedly the recent events in Noudaii were deliberately timed to coincide with the pourparlers for a meeting between Mr MacDonald and Zughlitl. The latter's followers aimed at proving the Soudirue.se supported Egypt’* contention that the Soudan wanted to rejoin Egypt. Egyptian agitators provided I nods lor the agitators, some of whom openly boasted of the .success of their elforts to stir ii]i the Soudanese. These Egyptian agitators had practically a eV'ar tield. yet almost the only people who responded were the rabble, who were always ready to fish in troubled waters. also a certain number of immature students. The two youths who fell -were the victims of agitators otherwise the population of Soudan holds aloot.