THE EGYPTIAN CONSPIRACY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 75, 15 August 1912, Page 5

THE EGYPTIAN CONSPIRACY

HEAVY SENTENCES. Ify- Cable— Association—Copyright. ' Cairo, August 13. Til connection with the conspiracy tharges \Yakid has been sentenced to fifteen years' hard labor, and Arali and Salaam to fifteen years' imprisonment. Evidence was given that Salaam was overheard to tell Wakid: "You know Europe; it will be easy to cut the Khedive's throat; these police will not be aware that Arali has gone to Alexandria to kill the Premier until Kitchener informs them."

THE PLOT THAT FAILED. TRIPLE MURDER PLANNED. A London despatch of July 5 says:— Fresh details of the conspiracy to assassinate Lord Kitchener, the Khedive and the Premier, which resulted in the arrest of four Egyptians, have reached London. Last month four ijien met at the tomb of Wardani. the assassin of the late Premier, and took a solemn oath to destroy the enemies of their party.

One of them, undertook to assassinate the Khedive, another Lord Kitchener, and a third the Premier, while the fourth volunteered to replace any one of them who failed in his design. The police had been watching the conspirators, though not aware of all their designs. Last ■week oik! of them suddenly left for Alexandria, and two detectives accompanied him. He was observed to loiter near the Zizinia Palace, which is the summer residence of the Government. He watched the Premier go in and out with his entourage, and then returned to Cairo on the same dav.

On Saturday evening four young men met in a eaie at Cairo. They were followed by detectives disguised as peasants-. who were, however. unable to overhear their conversation owing to the thickness of the wall of the room in •which they met. Finally on Monday ■light the police saw them go by tramcar to a cafe in the suburbs, and again they were followed by detectives disguised as peasants. The conspirators sat in the open at a table next to a screen of trees, and the detectives, who were hidden behind the trees, were able to overhear their conversation. It is alleged that the plotters discussed the choice of arms with which their enemies should be assassinated. One of them suggested dynamite, but his suggestion was overruled, and revolvers were decided on. The arrests were made immediately afterwards. Lord Kitchenpr left for London yesterday, and unexpectedly advanced the hour of his departure, so that there were few people at the station to see him off. A large number of persons, including the Minister for Education and other oflicials. who arrived at the time arranged to bid him farewell were surprised to find that lie had already left.