EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 March 1925, Page 3

EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS

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PA BEST IN 10 STUDENTS STB IKE JERUSALEM, March 20.

In connection with l.ord Balfour’s visit to open the Hebrew University on Ist April, tbc students of the Government men’s training college struck and presented an insulting message to their Arab Christian director. The Government have temporarily closed the college, and the students arc returning to their homes. An enquiry is being held with regard to the conduct of the eollego teachers.

NO ACTION BY BBTTATN. tf JON DON, March 21

In the House of (.’onions, Sir 11 McNeill announced that the British Government was taking no action in the Egyptian political crisis.

FANATICAL ABABS ASTIR. JERUSALEM, March 25. Masses of fanatical Arabs are converging on the city and rumours are spreading in the bazaars that the Earl of Balfour is coming to govern Palestine as the Jewish King. THE ARABS’ PROTEST. JERUSALEM, March 25. On the occasion of Earl Balfour’s visit, the Arabs (both Mohammedan and Christian) closed shops and ceased work as a protest against his famous Zionist declaration. No Arab vehicles are running and all is quiet. EARL BA 1 /FOUR A RRIV ES. JERUSALEM, March 25. Earl Balfour has arrived, motoring the final stage. He was escorted by armoured cars, while gendarmerie patrolled the hill roads where there was danger of an ambush.