COMPENSATION BY EGYPT

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24813, 1 March 1946, Page 5

COMPENSATION BY EGYPT

PROVED DAMAGE IN CAIRO RIOTS

REPLY TO BRITISH NOTE (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (R ee- 9.30 p m.) LONDON, Feb. 28 The Egyptian reply to the British Note about the Cairo disturbances follows the line of the public declarations cr?™ EgyP tia n Prime Minister (Ismail Sidky Pasha), according to the diplomatic correspondent of “The A™®®- ‘brows part of the blame for the disturbances on British lorry forWe’ h Ut , d ®s l . ares that compensation , or ,,L destruction of British property will be paid if wilful damage is proved after a judicial investigation. Tbe ? rltl ? h Embassy at Cairo announced yesterday that an investigation “J , j “nhtary authorities re«S- led British service buildings were attacked in the Cairo riots some e l , b ?? ore r , the • truck incidents to Y'b‘ c , h Egyptian Prime Minister (Sidky Pasha) ascribed the disturbances. The statement says the British air booking centre and Air Headouar- ? ver ® attacked before the lorries, which attempted to avoid the crowds, injured some demonstrators nJ" 3 in the Chamber of Deputies Sidky Pasha denied that the Egyptian Government accepted British demands over the disturbances. The Egyptian Government was responsible only to the Egyptian Parliament, he said replying to the statement by the Leader of the House of Lords (Lord Addison), who said the British Government could not acquit the Egyptian Government of responsibility for the

Sidky Pasha defended the action Taken to maintain security in Egypt and added that argument was useless’ All the Government now wanted was a clear atmosphere for the forthcoming English-Egyptian negotiations. All parties supported the Prime Minister’s statement.

Two British soldiers and one railwayman were wounded when shots were fired at a military coach forming part tb £ Port Said-Cairo train out*he Kassassin station, north-east of Cairo.

Students yesterday began a strike in protest against Lord Addison’s speech m the House of Lords, says the Cairo correspondent of the Associated Press The new strike followed the students’ three-day period of mourning for Egyptians killed in the anti-British riots.

The Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia (Feisal) declared in Cairo: “Egypt’s goal is Saudi Arabia’s goal.” Feisal is returning after a visit to London. Praising Egypt’s struggle for independence, Feisal said unity between Egypt and Saudi Arabia was unimpaired.