SITUATION IN EGYPT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17979, 3 January 1922, Page 5

SITUATION IN EGYPT.

DISORDER SUBSIDING. ZAGHLUL SENT TO CEYLON. I BRITISH BOYCOTT MOOTED, j Br Tslejmpb—Press Association—Corrrisht 'Received (SO p.m ) j A »cd N.Z LONDON. Jic. I i I Latest reports from Cairo state that the : 1 disorder is abating. j On Friday six coaches and two vans 1 wero burned at thf> railwav workshops. i; . j ; The fire was of incendiary origin. ! Egyptian troops were obliged to fir* on ' J rioters at Fua, in the Nile delta, and it | is reported that five rioters were killed j and 16 wounded. i Zaghlul Pasha, t hn Nationalist loadeT. 1 ! and five of his followers have been dej ported to Ceylon aboard tho steamer Fran: I Ferdinaul. Tho stay of Ihe deportevs in' I Suez appears to have been quito pleasant ; I They were made honorary members of the | military me.ss. and participated in tho Christmas festivities and spent a very ! merry Christmas night with British ofti- '■ cers. Zaghlul rode daily with the base commandant and tried his hand at n>if , The reconstituted Egyptian delegation! has issued a manifesto condemning Brij tain's treatment of Eeypt and appealing | for unity. Native judges have sent a let- : iter to the Sultan protesting against Brit j j ish treatment of tho country All the representative Egyptian auth- ; ' orities at Damietta hotly protested against | ZaghlUl"? arrest, which they declared was ! tyrannical, and trcspawsed on their na- | Clonal dignity. Tho upper classes of Egyptians are' now J discussing a boycott of everything Eng- j I ish. ' i , . . EGYPTIANS IN VIENNA. j DEMONSTRATION PREVENTED.j | Australian and NZ. Cable Association. | I (Reed. 2.30 p.m.) VIENNA, Doc. 31. j I Tho police prevented a demonstration j | by Egyptians beforj tho British Embassy. I