A GREAT BLOW.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1924, Page 4

A GREAT BLOW.

UIMTAN AND I HK Ni DAN

CAIUO. duly i

The deelaraiion with regard to me Sudan, made in the House ot Lords hy I ;r.l I in nmol' on t.ehall ('l’ the ilritUl, tioverniuenl . ama as a tremendous Plow in the Egyptians.. '] hey had tin oujilumt !)t*«.‘ii li*<l t-» Ijl»lu*vc 1)V Saau >'a-hlul I’asha. and his eolleapues the! til "presume in power of the parly ihai had always championed K-ypiiun aspiralions meant that those aspirations with re-ard to laitli l-'.jiypt and the Sudau were as -mid as attained, and that the negotiations which were to take place la-1 ween the K-vptian and the I’rilisli l*riim* Ministers wnulil hi* merely u formality. Tho shock at limiin- that a l.ahaur. and therelore sup-po-illv Invoiiral.le Cahinet is m. less soli.-itlolls for llriti-h interests and lor the keeping of promisis than its oredecessors in olkee hmi keen was :-ll the -reater ; and while . riend• 111 p P'l I Hah.nii parly has l.een turned I- keen res.-11l m. nt. on all side- the deepest pessimi'in now e.-.i-ts wi'.li repaid tthe onteome ol the nepoti.itions tout still have to he carried out in conneetion with the other questions outsiandin- hot ween (lira l Britain and hyvpt. 7'nth’r normal eonditioiis. of .mu se. t| t( . p.-itiT Doveriiineiil would have waited for the ne-otiatiniis in order to nial-i I -or il i | not of view, and in all pin!. >hility its statement, of palmy would Lai- la ell innelv d iu a nano i niieiliatary tone. Hut durin- tile past three weeks the attitude of the K'-'.ypt-uiu ('handier oi Deputies towards I'.nphmd in puneral and tlm Sudan in particular Ini' Lean so hostile-- last wce.i it .-illmiiiai.-.I in w hat was practically a ehallon-e thrown down t i (Ireal Ihiiain -lh.it hy -otieral eonselisus the time had eonu; tor the llritisli (.r.teiu-iii.-at to make its position clear, in iirm and definite lau-naye. lleimo the suddenness am! eate-orieal nature ot l.ord I’iiriiioor’s deelaration. TilK IMIOVOCATID.V.

What actually hrou-ht matters to a head were a series of incidents in Sn.Lt ii. jo \\ tiieli the hand of respmsihle p..i)|.-|e iii F-vpt was plainly vi-.ih!e. comhim-d with the attitude which the I'-pyptiau Chaiiiher of Deputies, and in-d-d tin* K-yptiim (e vernmeiit it- dl. adopted fiwards those ineidelits. A eei tain Sinlanes ■ oHiecr ol one oi toe haltaliuiis stationed at Khartoiini ohtained perniissioll In stmutl his leave ill K-vpt and received a warrant enlit--linp him to tree e uivvanee I y any s-'ii vr train to tlm Kpyptiau frontier, lie travelled instead l.y a slieeial train which was tnkinp l ack to K-vpt a party of l'p|-er K-vpt -its. who had lie-all eni| hived on the Illue Nile dam. On arrival at Wadi Haifa, where transhipment to the Nile st.ein.cis takes phi. e. the papers of every pasfem/er were examined, and it was then discovered that- this oMiter had travelled without anthori'ly hy this train and that lie hud hrou-ht with him amther Sudanese whom he had entered on l.i warrant as In's servant.

1 listrui lions were reieived to send ikein hark to Khartoum for inquiry. On their way lemk they l.le-raidi-d the news that they had not keen allowed to pro. -,-l en their journey to a cerium Ahdel l.atif. :m ex-ollieer who had reieiillv served a term of imprisonment tor sedition, and who was the loadinsoiiit in a ••party” which ccic-'-l’d niainlv of d'scoiilelite leh rks. Ahdel I Jl! it' at on. e i idloi tod his “pari v" and aiTanpod lor tlioiu to po in a holly to Khai'i nim station to meet the train. Tic (lovernnielit p-n wind of this and detrained the ollieer and his “servant” at Kliarl nun North, so that when tho mail 1 1 ain arrived at Khartoum ( eiiiral, Ahdel l.atif and his pals had nothin- around which t i deioon-t rate. Next day the oliiier himself nipani-od a deinoiist rat inn. which lied to he dispersed I.v the police, lie was an.-ted. and d.-spito A '.del I.mil's efforts to or-an-ise | not her dcm.-n-i rat ions, ev.-rythiau i- oni-'t cm mote in the Sudan on-d----ial. MKHCK DKI’.ATK. All tlir iil.il- tcl.-urein-. rci. ulin- in nest- exat- "•rat ,, d terms what w. - i in- plate, wcl'a hainp -alii In Alid.-I I ••- 111 in K-vpt. and a -arias was addrm- si ; - ih. IT. -idont el D o ( hand er of Itepmi.-'. inloi mini' him that a ••.lele--ali.m" Ir.-m Dm Sudanis-' heariii- the doaime.uits expre-sm- lovalty tn K-\f>t.‘- Kill- had hern Di et elite.l from proceediiip. and that a peai eful deinon;!rm::oi l-a I 1.-vn allocked hy tie pc- !, •■ ~cl in..in • nalti niii- -I. I"

,11 !;,,|. ■ -.- ;. T Ihe regulation, l! C-I leleg lam - wel i -'iimunii -, led l , Ihe I |,iu-e. which was aruu.-od to vvliii" heat o| ex' il"ii:cnl. Will cm. a".v ,-li'o. i bring made :-i a eel lain whether i'e taels nan . led in i lie me -age, were i rr. I

each day :> del-at.• link p!a:, in vv liieh the lirili-h (L-ivernmenl wa- rita"kel j-! ;■ e- -i ir-nlting and iiielkinis manner. Kven g : ,:i-| Zaghinl I’a-ha. when ho r-nliivl en th - la-t dav to an iidefpellnl ici. w .'lll -.. iar to a- - icl '!■' i!i 111 s.•!i wit Ii -( haniher in the ae n- • u lion.-- of led fa it h and --ion it made again-1 ihe Hriti-h amhorii i and lie .eld- I Dirt only the eVii-imtii.n i .' the I’riti-'i e ml.I give ill” | oole ol Doe Siid.-m the freedom vvliieh tiny were entitled to.

Tliai 11: ■ vv h"le i roll I ile at Kharl •nun v. a engin e ' -,! from Cairo there ian lie ne dou! :. In the li-st place Ahih I l.atif ihe prime in over iu Kbc'd'inm he- aluay- hc-n in , l"~ • relatioi s vvit'i the K:;i remi-ls in Kg.vpl. S--e,.ie!lv. the Ill'll wh'im the ofiieer was Irving to I rile' down a- Ids .-"rvaiil turned mil to I grand-,.n : I Die Mnhdi. lie ir; ally quite an insignili riet per-oii, a i'liiioi intci |:r.'i,-r. allachi d to one ol tho i (!i -is : f ihe Sudan ! lov e nil nee. t. Inn il j, clear Dun, '.he organisers in Cere hoped to iin lie'• him iu Cairo a the leader i f ilie Snde.tn-"' tho'itdil. end in-teli'L-d 1 1 Its.' hi-I name l.i iliiPle s Dte Kgyp.tian piddle, l-enhi-r. the-: dell -111-.;Dm- vv ere t imrd i i eetni ide v ji; i 1 1 -. * ,!;, !|,-io'i in the (number ef Deputies ,-f ihe War OMi.e IHidgel. \, !ii,■ h e n.lies many il .'in.- e uieeriiing til • ’•'•.dan. In regard t-i D es- llt - agitators at t l l i-■ end intended to raise a d.-Y'ie. ami while it wa-' honed to have (he two emissaries down in Cairo ly Dial time, the te'e/re tils with ngnrd to del not 1. 1 r.i t ion s wore nii'iido.l to vtoik up feeling iu I lie lime.. '■i'e . 1- j-e-li.i'l ihle little rceltoited that in.l vd c-l i In-- a eil'inn ■■ 1 reiigl hening Sa:.d I’e ha Zed,lni'- hi.ml- ill -y w.-nld Pare I'm- re id; Dial ihe dr. ,r to any pro-tie, ioi Kayit gotiiiig :inv ,f her olaim- i• i Die Sudan vvoidd Ie iiiuillt oh-ed.