EGYPTIAN ESCAPE.
ALLEGED CRIME AGAINST STATE.
CAIRO, May 19.
Tho Prime Minister of Egypt (Hussion Sirry Pasha) revealed that General Azizel Masri, a former Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Army, and two Egyptian air forco pilots escaped in the Western Desert after tho air control authorities had forced their aeroplane to land. Hussein Sirry Pasha expressed the opinion that the party would not get far without a conveyance. General Mflsri is charged with a crimo against the security of the State, and the Government has offered a reward of £IOOO for information loading to his arrest.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 186, 21 May 1941, Page 5
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