EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS

Gisborne Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6318, 22 February 1922, Page 5

EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS

ZAGHLULIST INTRIGUE DERRE-

GATED,

-MARTIAL LAW AT CAIRO.

{United Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, Feb. 13. Cairo advices state that the shooting outrages are causing intense indignation. Ministerialist Egyptians strongly deprecate the Zagfilulist extremists’ attempts to wreck the pending settlement. They attribute these to disappointment over Lord Allenby’s success, which precludes Zaglilul’s return to Egypt. Cairo remains quiet. A martial law proclamation orders 1 alk arms to be surrendered within four days, the alternative being a court-marti'al with a penalty of death. The police are carrying .rifles, in order to summarily deal with any further attempts to commit outrages.—A. and N.Z.C.A.

LATE CAPTAIN JORDAN

NEW ZEALANDER’S DISTINGUISHED CAREER,

WELLINGTON, Feb. 21

The victim of tho Cairo assassination, reported in the cables, is- Captain M. J.' Jordan, a New Zealander, who had a distinguished and varied war service.'He was a Wellington hoy, an engineer by profession. and was for some years in the employ of the New Zealand Shipping Company. At the outbreak of tlie war he volunteered for service with the navy, and while on tlie waiting list there enlisted as a private in " tlie . British army. He went to Flanders early in 1915. He was given a commission and sent to Woolwich Ordnance College for an intensive course in guns and explosivesl. He passed with distinction Ins examinations as an Inspector of Ordnance, and was stationed at Plymouth for some time. inspecting coast defences. Later lie was sent to tlie Eastern Mediterranean. Ho took part in General Allenby’s advance. from Beersheba. to Aleppo. He personally supervised the destruction of the big German naval guns on Mount Carmel after the armistice. He was in charge of the 22nd Corps of Artillery, and took part in quelling tlie Egyptian revolt of 1919. He was then shot through the hand by a native. Afterwards he was given the rank of Major, and sent to South Russia with a supply of artillery for Wrangel. As an artillery expert he served with distinction under Wrangel, and was awarded the Vladimir medal. He returned to New Zealand in July 1920, and remained here for about a year. Towards the end of last year he ac - cepted a position' as manager of part of tlie establishment of tlie Asiatic Company at Cairo, and reached his destination only at tlie beginning of the year. Tlie deceased was 39 years of age and unmarried. His widowed mother and sisters je~ sidq in Wellington. His only blether, Mr Jordan, is a barrister at Masterton.—P.A.

ZAGHLUL TO LEAVE FOR SEYCHELLES IN MARCH.

(Received Feb. 21, 5,5 p.m.) CAIRO, Feb. 20

A proclamation announces that all Egyptian subjects in possession of arms and ammunition in Cairo are liable to death. Anyone offering resistance to the police or to troops searching buildings is liable to be shot. . An official message states: Zaghlul and his Nationalist colleagues leave Aden for Seychelles on March 7.—A. and N.Z.C.A.