EGYPT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 92, 19 April 1919, Page 5

EGYPT

GENERAL ALLENBY’S TACT. (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) CAIRO, April 13. General Allenby is handling the situation with such tact that a recru- j descence of serious trouble is unlikely, j The murder of five British soldiers bn j Thursday greatly affected the ’troops, j but they continue to show adiinirable j restraint. ' ‘ The economic situation in thq prqvinv 1 cos is acute, but they are generally | calm. { DISTURBANES OF POLITICAL ORIGIN. SERIOUS RIOTS. (Australian & N.Z; Cable Association) LONDON, April 14. The Sunday Express Cairo “correspondent states that Coptic' priests pai-tici- ; pated in frenzied demonstrations, prov- : ing that the disturbances were national , and not religious. All religious differ- J cnees are forgotten. There were many \ of natives shrieking, ‘‘Long | live Liberty,” “Long live Egypt.” ( Other’ ‘reports from Cairo emphasise . the seriousness of the rioting, in which 58 persons were killed. The mob’s excesses necessitated the military firing. The outbreaks were sometimes antiBritish, hut mostly against Armenians and Greeks.

WUMEJN AGiTAiURo. (Reuter's Telegrams) CAIRO, April 14. One of the most striking featues of the, demonstrations was the patricipation of many Eirvntian women." A most unusual incidenU’was a harem lady addressing a' large gathering outside the Sultan's palace. Ndfte anticipated that haVem ladies would be drawn into tlie . arena of politics. Armenians’ houses' were systematically searched out by the mob and attacked. The Armenians were terrorised, and all have now been placed under military protection Thirteen Nationalist leaders are being pent to Marseilles. It is ' hoped that their departure will help to calm the people’s passions. ; The mob at Cairo' killed five British ; soldiers, including, two unarmed, Indians. At Alexandria the mob attacked the troops who fired, killing 17 and wounding many. Order was finally restored. ■ . Four hundred arrests were made at Aspiout in connection with the recent riots and plundering. EXTRA TROOPS DESPATCHED. (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) 'LONDON,'ApriI 16. Extra troops have been despatched to Egypt, where the situation is more serious. situatio"hmost crave MUSSULMAN EMPIRE THE OBJECTIVE. (Rec. April 19, 12.35 p.m.) LONDON, April 18. The Egyptian situation is reported to j 30 of the gravest. . The Nationalists are seeking to found i Mussulman empire witli the Khalife itationed at Cairo. TENNIS. Australian & N.Z Cable Association) (Rec. April 19, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 14. In the tennis covered ■ courts champ-, inships singles final, P, M. Dawson eat G. L. Pallerson, 8-6, 6-3, 6-8. Ho ! leeta Ritchie in the challenge round.