EGYPTIAN UNREST

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18463, 26 January 1922, Page 5

EGYPTIAN UNREST

THE BOYCOTT POLICY. A ZAGHLULIBT MANIFESTO. PROMPT REPRESSIVE MEASURES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. CAIRO, January 24. Eight prominent Zaghlulists have issued a manifesto demanding a boycott of the British people and British goods. They urged the natives of Egypt to follow the lines adopted by the Indian non-co-operators. The authorities immediately ordered the arrest of the eight signatories, and four of them are now in custody. A leading native paper was suspended forpublishing the manifesto.—A. and N.Z. Cable. TERMS OF THE BOYCOTT. FAR-REACHING PROVISIONS, i CAIRO, January 24. (Received Jan. 25, at 7.35 pjn.) ■ The Zaghlulist manifesto states that Egyptian auger can find a purely legal outlet in passive resistance by non-co-opera-tion or by means of a boycott. Every Egyptian must therefore cease social intercourse with the English, and not serve Englishmen or consult an English doctor. No Egyptian is allowed to form a Ministry until the British policy changes. The population must not use British courts or approach British officials regarding the boycott. They must withdraw their deposits from the British banks, and aho take capital shares in the native banks. No Egyptian must unload a British ship, and British goods must be (boycotted, but Egyptian merchants are allowed six months to unload their stocks. The document appeals to the mosques, institutions, and villages to publish the manifesto, and to form committees to oiganise the boycott.—A. and N.Z. Cable.