EGYPT
RIOTERS' LEADERS SENTENCED. DRASTIC METHODS TO STOP VITRIOL OUTRAGES. GOVERNMENT SERVANTS INTIMIDATED. si cable—press associatiob—coPYfliaira. (Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.) CAIRO, April 18.
Some of the leaders of the riots have been court-martialled and sentenced to terms of from three to fifteen years 'imprisonment.
CAIRO, April 19
Owing to vitriol outrages during the riots, a military proclamation fixes the death penalty for anyone throwing vitriol or other corrosive acid, and fifteen years' imprisonment.
found in possession of such acids
The unsatisfactory feature of the present situation in Cairo is the intimidation of Government servants, who are frightened from their work.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVIII, Issue LXXVIII, 24 April 1919, Page 5
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99EGYPT Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVIII, Issue LXXVIII, 24 April 1919, Page 5
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