BITTER FIGHTING

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1179, 29 November 1924, Page 5

BITTER FIGHTING

PROCEEDING IN KHARTOUM. BRITISH CONFLICT WITH SOUDANESE. [By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] Received November 29, 11.50 a.m. LONDON, N0v.28. The Daily Chronicle's Cairo correspondent says that bitter fighting is proceeding in the Khartoum streets. The British troops are surrounded and are machine gunning the Soudanese rebels, whose losses are heavy.—A. and N.Z, cable. SOUDANESE MUTINY. . THREE DOCTORS KILLED. " Received November 29, 11.50 a.m. CAIRO, Nov. 28. Two platoons nf the Eleventh Soudanese at Khartoum mutinied and rushed the military hospital, killing a British and two Syrian doctors. British troops lired on the mutineers, who suffered severely.—A. and N.Z. cable. TROOPS’ IN SOUDAN. EGYPTIANS DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE. CAIRO, Nov. 27. A Government communique states that when the acting-Sirdar gave orders that Egyptian officers and troops were to leave the Soudan they refused and resisted, and informed the Sirdar that they would not leave unless the Egyptian Government ordered them to leave. British troops .surrounded them, and the Khartoum Government telegraphed, asking that orders be transmitted to the Khartoum troops to leave, whereupon the Ministry met and decided that the Minister of War should send the required order, and so prevent bloodshed. —A. and N.Z. cable. VISCOUNT ALLENBY ILL. Received November 29, 11.50 a.m. CAIRO, Nov. 28. Viscount Alle.tby will not attend the St. Andrew’s Day dinner owing to illness. —A. and N.Z. cable. THE RECENT ARRESTS. MEN TO BE HANDED TO GOVERNMENT. CAIRO, Xoy." 27. The British authorities have decided to hand over the arrested men to the Egyptian Government. —Reuter. , THE BRITISH DEMANDS. THREE HIGH OFFICIALS. Received November 29, 10.50 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 23. The chief outstanding, point in the Egyptian situation relates to the British demands in regard to three high officials, in which connection it appeurs the Egyptian Government wants known the exact meaning of the demand that it shall enforce its authority over tlie three officials. It is declared that when the present crisis is over the general situation must be considered, but meanwhile the solution of the four reserved points which the British Cabinet was ready to discuss with Zaghlul when he was in London must not be prejudiced by any action by the Egyptian Government. — Reuter. THREE MINISTERS RESIGN. LONDON, Nov. 27. Of those arrested in Cairo, Abdul Railmen was-elected a deputy after Ins release by Zaghlul front prison. William Makrani, who is a brilliant orator, graduated in law at Oxford, and conducted Zaghlul propaganda in London against Adley. In 1921 he was deported from Egypt with Zaghlul. Nakrashi was dismissed from the Civil Service after the Government official strike in 1919, and since has been promoted repeatedly by Zaghlul. It is alleged that lie used his position to obstruct British officials’ investigation into the police murders. It is reported that in consequence of the arrests three members of the new Government have resigned. The Daily Chronicle says the Egyptian arrests are precautionary, and the prisoners will not he brought to trial, but interned, the only practical way of averting more murders. Directly after the Sirdar was shot, and before the British Note was delivered, Mr McKcown Boyd, DirectorGeneral of the European section of the Department of Public Security, and Russel Pasha, commandant of the Cairo police, asked to be relieved of taking part in the search for the murderers as they were convinced the Egyptian Government could best conduct tho investigation. The meaning of these white officials was that the organisers of tho murder were prominent Zaghlulists and that members of the Zaghlul Ministry knew them and were in a position to obstruct an official search. Hence, it is not surprising that Zaghlul’s Minister of the Interior has been arrested.—A. and N.Z. cable. EGYPT AND THE LEAGUE. Received November 29, 11.50 a.m. CAIRO, Nov. 28. In view of the continuance of the students’ strike the Ministry of Education has issued a statement that the schools must be conducted irrespective of numbers. At present the ex-Premier, Rushdi Pasha, favours the submission of the dispute to the League. He is surprised that the Government so far lias taken no official step in this sense. Alabratu understands that Persia is ready to raise the question at tiie League on behalf of Egypt.—A. and N.Z. cable.