CRISIS IN EGYPT.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 January 1922, Page 5

CRISIS IN EGYPT.

THE REBEL LEADER. DEPORTED TO OEYLON. ANTI-BRITISH ANGER. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Cairo, Dec. 30. Zaghlul and five supporters were deported to Ceylon on board the steamer Franz Ferdinand. All the representative Egyptian authorities in Damietta hotly protested against Zaghlul’s arrest, which they consider tyrannical, and trespassing on national dignity. All is quiet, except for another small disturbance near Rosetta,, where, however, the situation is now in hand.

The reconstituted (Egyptian delegation has issued a manifesto candemn ing Britain’s treatment of Egypt, and appealing for unity. The judges have sent a letter to the Sultan protesting against British treatment of the country.

AN INCENDIARY FIRE. TROOPS FIRE ON RIOTERS. DEPORTEES HAVE GOOD. TIME. Received Dec. 31, 5.5 p.m. London, Dec. 30. Advices from Cairo state that six coaches and two vans were burned at the railway workshops last night, the fire being of incendiary origin. Egyptian troops were obliged to fire on the rioters at Fuwas. It is reported five were killed and sixteen wounded. Zaghlul Pasha and five others were arrested and transhipped to Aden. The deportees' stay in Suez appears to have been quite pleasant. They were made honorary members of the military mess, and participated in the Christmas festivities. They spent the merriest Christmas night with British officers. Zaghlul rode daily with the base commandant, and tried his hand at golf. Zaghlul and his five companions sailed later for Ceylon.—Reuter Service.