“SONS OF THE NILE”

Evening Star, Issue 18715, 18 August 1924, Page 5

“SONS OF THE NILE”

ANTI-BRITISH AGITATION,

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright;,

CAIRO, August IS. Tho British High Commissioner (Viscount A lien by) strongly protested to the Egyptian Acting Prime Minister against the inaccurate and misleading nature of a statement which was issued to-day by tho Egyptian Ministry reflecting its views on the events in the Sudan, Tins statement has caused indignation in British official circles because it imputes to the British troops the responsibility for the filing at Atbara.

A communique has been issued stating that the _ Egyptian Government has instructed its Minister in London to lodge a protest with the British Government against tho measures taken in the Sudan, and to urge the immediate establishment of an Egyptian-Sudanese Commission to examine the situation and fix the rosponsj-' bility and take steps to calm public feeling so as _to avoid, further bloodshedThe Egyptian Government Las also requested the Governor-General of the .Sudan to supply detailed information regarding the incidents and tho reasons for them, and tho measures taken.

Reports from Khartum state that j anonymous notices were posted during j the night in Omdurman and Khartum in- ‘ citing tho people against British rule, i appealing to “all sons of the Nile” to! unite, and urging hatred of tho British. | The situation is quiet at present every- ; where. Tho warship Weymouth has left Port Sudan, hut the sloop Clematis is 1 standing by. A detachment of Leioestera and a body of Egyptian infantry have arrived. —Reuter. COURT OF INQUIRY. CAIRO, August IS. Tho inquiries which have already been conducted into tho Sudan outbreak will bo supplemented by a further military court consisting' of two Egyptian officers and one British officer nominated by tho Acting Sirdar to inquire into tho cause of the outbreak at Atbara. Another court is being established at Port Sudan. The battleship Marlborough has arrived at Alexandria.—Renter.