EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 November 1924, Page 3

EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS

AUSTRALIAN A/tU K .1. CARLA ASSOCIATION ATMOSPIIIOI tic IYI I’HOVTNG. (Deceived this day at 11.25 a.in.) CAIRO. Novcinlier 25. Ihe atmosphere lias improved. British troops again paraded the <■ i«y this lllopnilly: •Most of the .students arc at theii schools, hot lire not working. Imt the situation seems to he generally approaching norma!. The new Cabinet- is reimlrkaMe, inhstiniell as it includes representatives of Islam. ( Inist ianity and Judaism. It was also formed most raj idly. /invar was surprised hy the Miinmous to the Palace. Nevertheless. lie completed the t ask in six hours. The ('handler's resolution of protest, inter alia, reaffirms Egypt's cause, namely, the complete independent e of Egypt and the Soudan and declares that Britain seizes the oeeasion to carry out her Impel iali.stie jdans, ignoring the < onstitut ional life and attacking the agricultural life of the country. The Chtnnhcr asks the lx*aJtue ot Nations to intervene on helialf of a peaceful and helpless nation.

EXCELLENT I.MI’HKSSIOX CREATED. LONDON, Noveniher 21. The “Daily 'Telegraph,’s “ .Khartoum correspondent says the British Notes have created an excellent impression throughout the Sudan, the natives rejoicing. The niimher of notahle people consider Britain's demand an insuflieieut reprisal for the murder <d the Sirdar whom they regarded as a personal friend. EGYPTIAN COTTON LANDS. CAII’O, Noveniher 25. it is expected the .Makwar dam will he completed in July 11)25, thus brinyiup; three hundred thousand acres immediately under cultivation. There is however, three million acres of suitable cotton land at C'ezira, MOSCOW’S SYMPATHY. LONDON, November 25. The “ Times’s ’’ Moscow correspondent says that .Moscow Inis been quick to lake advantage of the Anglu-Kyyp-tiau crisis. The Soviet press gives promiiienee to the special appeal which the Communist International has addressed to the Egyptian Commiiuist.s regarding their continual struggle, assuring them that they may count on the support of the proletariats of llie world.

KOVITIAN PAIII.IA.MKNT ADJO BUNKO. CAIItO, Nov. 25. A Uoval decree adjourns Parliament for a month. MOHR FRENCH COYI.MKA'T. PAULS. Noveniher 25. The eoneensus of the comments by the press etiipha.si.se the impossibility of French• intervention in Egypt, though submission of the points at issue to the ■ l/Oayue of Nations is largely advocated here. The “Xouvelle” states that even Mussolini recognised in the ease of Corfu the competency of the Ambassadors Conference.

The “Oeuvre” says that if t*'»- | rineiple.s of the l.cayuc aie to be tiodden under foot, the League will crash down amidst ribald lailyhter and Britain will have to shoulder the responsibility of its yrotosque failure.

The “Avenir” declares Ili:it liritnin in seizing on the rente In India miller pledges similar to these to which she objected in the ease of the Hliine and tlie linin'. The “Journal liiduslrielie” stales that in speaking to Ivprypt. Britain is telling the whole of Islam that she intends to impose the recognition of her power.

ITALIAN COAIAIFNT. ROME. November

The A iiulu-Kji.vptimi crisis is much foniniented oil. The “Alessagera” ty]iilie.s the coiumeiit, comparing the situation with the Itnlo-Grcol; crisis anil declaring, the Foreign (Mice n year after the Corfu incident acknowledged that when the national honour was involved, sal is faction is only obtainable from national strength.