CRISIS IN EGYPT.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1919, Page 5

CRISIS IN EGYPT.

FURTHER DISTURBANCES. BRITISH OFFICER SHOT. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.— Copyright. Received Nov. 30, 11 p.m. Cairo, Nov. 20. There were further disturbances on the 23rd inst., when a British officer was shot dead in the street and a soldier was wounded. The formation of a Cabinet is regarded as a hopeful sign, suggesting that the Egyptians are resigned to the inevitable. The whole country is quiet, but the authorities uo not believe thai the tranquility is genuine. It is feared that the arrival of the Milner Commission will precipitate a crisis.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. LORD CURZON'S VIEWS. PROGRESSIVE SELF GOVERNMENT. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Nov. tb. In the House of Lords, Lord Curzon, explaining the situation in Egypt, said the unrest was fundamentally economic, but political agitators had fomented the trouble. The Government took steps to ameliorate labor conditions but the extremists received an impetus by a telegram stating that the American Senate had decided that Egypt should be considered j independent. Actually, Amer'.m recognised the British protectorate. Lord Curzon added that he could not encourage the idea of complete Egyptian independence, because, firstly, geographically it was at the door of Africa and one of the highways to India, secondly, if independent Egypt could not stand alone against external aggression, nor guarantee a strong internal government. There was no intention to crush Egyptian nationality; on the contrary Lord Milner's mission was intended as preliminary to the work and they would consult the Egyptians before the final constitution was determined.—aus.-N-Z. Cable Assn. Lord Curzon said that the unrest was due especially to the high cost of living, but it was exploited politically, foreign Socialists taking no small part in fomenting discontent. The Government is doing its utmost to remove legitimate grievances. As the British Protectorate was recognised in the Peace Treaty any Nationalist expectations from this were doomed to complete disappointment. The keynote of Lord Milner's Mission wr.s the progressive development of selfgoverning institutions. Whatever form •the peace with Turkey took it would not alter the solution of the Egyptian problem. The Turco-Egyptian political connection had ended. The recognition of the British Protectorate in Egypt was an inseparable feature of the Turkish treaty.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Received Nov. 30, 5.5 p.m. London, Nov. 26. Lord Curzon, continuing his speech in the House of Lords on the Egyptian situation, said British guidance was still necessary. Egyptians should not look to Turkey for guarantees in the future. The Peace Treaty will impose on Turkey recognition of a British Protectorate over Egypt. Lord Selborne said the whole nation supported the Government's intimation to Egypt that Turkey would never again have a share in the Government. | of Egypt-—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. INFLAMMATORY DOCUMENTSCairo, Nov. 28. The-situation is quieter. Lord Alienby, under martial law, ordered the students to return to school under pain of exclusion from the examinations. Inflammatory documents threaten the paralysis of the raihyavs. They declare that the railwaymen are tinned and intend to kill volunteer workers.— Times,