REAL TEST IN EGYPT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18889, 11 December 1924, Page 9

REAL TEST IN EGYPT.

ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL

LATE SIRDAR'S MURDERERS.

SEARCH METHODS CRITICISED.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.

(Received 8.5 p.m.) Reuter—Times—Sun. LONDON. Dec. 9. A message from Cairo states that the newspaper El Ahram, says it has been decided to appoint an Egyptian as Sirdar of the Egyptian Army. It is understood that such a decision would naturally bo in agreement with Britain, and' there appears to be some foundation for the statement.

The Daily Mail says the real test in. Egypt is still to come. It asks whether the Egyptian Government's search for the murderers of the late Sildar, Sir Lee Stack, was mere make-believe. "We cannot expect gratitude from forgetful people like the Egyptians, but we are determined to have their respect even if it means the disbandment of the Egyptian Army and restoration of martial law." adds the paper. The Cairo correspondent of the Times says the Governors of all the provinces attended a special conference of Ministers. The Prime Minister, Ziwar Pasha, who is also Minister for the Interior, delivered an important address to them. He reminded them that they were supreme under the Ministry of the Interior in their respective provinces. They must administrate without any outside interfer. ence. • Tlie Government looked to them to ensure that no political propaganda was car •ried out unlawfully. These injunctions obviously refer to the state of affairs which existed under the .previous regime, when administrative ofli cials were constantly interfered with by Zaghlulist senators and deputies. The latter seemed to consider that their Parliamentary position gave them authority over official Government representatives, who were also subjected to other outside interference.

The new Government's action, adds the correspondent, should conduce to the ter urination of a condition of affairs which has become intolerable both to the respon siblc officials and the people. There is hope that henceforth the provincial Government will follow the normal and regular course as<it did prior to the Zaghlulists' accession to power.

" ETERNAL JUSTICE."

MESSAGE FROM ZAGHLUL. BRITISH MINISTRY CRITICISED. LONDON. December 1. Zaghlul Pasha, ex-Prime Minister of Egypt, has sent the following message to the London meeting of the Council for the Prevention of War:— "The British Government before the murder of Sir Lee Stack had determined to get rid of my Government, which had been thoroughly constitutional. The new policy was shown by the adjourning of Parliament, and the arrest of members without a definite charge being made against them. "Troops violated, the sanctity of their victims' homes at dawn, trampling upon the Constitution, which gives members of Parliament immunity from arrest. " Egypt is quiet as the result of my appeals, despite military and police provocation. England's Imperialist dread of arbitration increases the bitterness of their suppressed indignation, but the people are not dismayed. They all believe in eternal justice.