CHANGING EAST
INDEPENDENT EGYPT
MARTIAL LAW ABOLISHED
POLITICAL PRISONERS RE.
I/EASED,
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPIRIGHT.)
(AIiSTRALIAN - SEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
CAIRO, 4th July. Simultaneously with the, promulgation of the Indemnity Act, martial law will be abolished in Egypt on Thursday, and 250 political prisoners will be released immediately. Reservation is made empowering the military court now conducting the conspiracy trial to finish its task and pronounce sentence. AH other cases of Egyptians sentenced v by mi itary courts will l e sifted by a, committee insisting of two Egyptian and one Enghsh Judges, who wifl advise the Egyptian Government where remission sibl "° °C the sentences is P°s-
These measures mark the final stacs dependent sovereign State. The court t?L 6 c\i,rwi tranquil than at ™*
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 5, 6 July 1923, Page 7
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123CHANGING EAST Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 5, 6 July 1923, Page 7
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