THE TANTAH INCIDENT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13632, 29 June 1906, Page 5

THE TANTAH INCIDENT.

SENTENCES ON ASSAILANTS.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyrifdit. CAIRO, June 27.

(Received .Tune 28, at 9.25 a.m.)

Four of the assailants of Captain Hull, of the Tmiiskillens, who died after being attacked at Tantah, in Kgypt, weio sentenced to be hanged, four to penal servitude lor iile, three to 15 years, nine to shorter terms of imprisonment, and fivo to 50 lashes. Thirty-one were ac'ouitted.

LONDON, June 28. (Received June 29, at 0.22 a.m.)

Tim evidence given in connect inn ivif.li tin; I'iihtnh incident., lVhirh resulted in 1 lie dealli of Captain Hull, showed that there was a probability that Ilia fire threshing floor was (he outcome of a preconcerted scheme, because the distance from the spot showed that it was impossible for the outbreak to have originated in consequence of shooting. The accidental discharge of a- rifle after it had been snatched from an officer resulted in four natives being wounded.

Major Pine Collin and other officers, seeing (life natives' excitement, surrendered their rifles and withdrew; but all were pnrsi'ed, assaulted, and robbed. The ollicers and native witnesses identified the ringleaders.

Captain Hull, who died, was assailed four miles away from the place where tho original interference occurred,

(Received June 29, at 0.32 a.m.)

In (he House of Commons Mr Dillon intjwiretl whether Sir Edward Grey would obtain a respite for the condemned Egyptians until the evidence had been examined.

Sir 11. Cnmpbell-Banneiman, in Sir Edward Grey's absence, replied that Sir Edward firey and Lord Cromer's discretion and humanity might be fully trusted.

Sir KdwauLGrey, in reply to a Liberal deputation, promised an inquiry into tho eiicumstances, and remarked that the case was probably bad, because, the officers had been assaulted after they bed surrendered their weapons.

There, is a consensus of-opinion amongst the newspapers that the recrudescence, of fanaticism was due to the/Turkish wirepulling on (he frontier and the action of their emissaries in Egypt. The PanIslamic agitators had been rendered desperate mid thrown on . their own resources ever since the Anglo-French Company and the consent of the Powers had entrusted Britain with tho safety of Europeans.

The Times says that the severity of the sentences imperatively demands, under the circumstances, that so long as Britain is responsible for tho government of Egypt she must make her authority respected, and suppress outbreaks with unsparing vigour. (Received June 29, at 1.8 a.m.) The executions have been fixed for this afternoon. The Alexandria correspondent of The Times says that the evidence proved that Hie attack had been premeditated for months, Tho Daily Mail states lhat the court declared that the attack had been premeditated.