UNREST IN EGYPT.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17707, 8 March 1923, Page 11

UNREST IN EGYPT.

* r A POLITICAL DEADLOCK. ABOLITION OF MARTIAL LAW i DEMANDED. (IT CABLE—MESS ABSOCIATTOIT—COWMOBT.) (AUSTBALIAK AST* H.t. CABLE ABBOCUWOK.) CAIRO, March 6. Sunday's flbomb outrases have aroused great indignation in British circles, and 6ome sections are demanding wholesale retribution. Everyone is amazed at the perpetrators' escape. Lord Allenby, British Sigh Commissioner, is returning to Cairo to confer with his military and civil advisers. (Received March Bth 12.35 a.m.) CAIRO, March 7. There have been three more arrests, including two journalists whose newspapers have been suspendedPolitically, a deadlock prevails, the Egyptians demanding the abolition of martial law before forming a Cabinet. RELEASE OF ZAGHLUL PASHA PROBABLE. (Received March Bth 12.35 a.m.) LONDON, March 7. The "Daily Chronicle" says responsible quarters in Cairo have cabled declaring that the martial law policy has proved a bankrupt one and "the release of Zaghlul Pasha is probable. [Zaghlul Pasha, who is 70 yeara of age, is the leader of the Egyptian Nationalists. He was arrested on December 23rd, 1921, was exiled to the Seychelles Islands in March, 1922. Subsequently he was removed to Gibraltar.]