HEDJAZ QUARREL
KEEN INTEREST AROUSED
(UNITED PKESS 1 ASSOCIATION—COPTRIGHT.I
(AUSTRALIAN . NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received J.9lh July, 11 a.m.)
CAIRO. 18th July. The Hedjaz dispute has aroused the keenest controversy in the Press. The action of the Egyptian Government is generally approved. A proposal that the Powers should proclaim the Hedjaz a neutral State, administered by the International Moslem Council, finds strong support.
The dispute between the King of the Hedjaa and the Egyptian Government arose h>. connection with the usual pijgrimage. to Mecca. The King declined to permit an Egyptian medical mission to accompany the pilgrim:* on the ground that the Hcdjaz possessed ' sufficiently good medical supervisors. therefore, the Egyptian Government■ recalled the missi.V, which was conveying the sacred carpet from Cairo to Mecca.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 16, 19 July 1923, Page 7
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125HEDJAZ QUARREL Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 16, 19 July 1923, Page 7
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