EGYPT'S NEW RULER.
ENTRY INTO CAIRO
STATELY CEREMONIAL. LONDON, Dec. 21. Prince Hussein, Egypt's new ruler, made his ceremonial' entry into Abdin 3?alace, in Cairo, yesterday, amid great demonstrations o£ libpular rejoicing.At 9.30 in the morning the booming of the first salute, of 2.1 guns announced that the. Sultan had left the palace of Kamal Eddin. As the cannon sounded the troops lining the route presented arms. Egyptain cadets, long lines of Territorials, tall New Zealanders. hard-bitten Australians, and the Ceylon Planters' Corps, were ranged between the Australian and. British guards of honor. As the guns boomed slowly from the citadel the Egyptian and European ;onlookera crowded the windows and balconies to view the procession. The .Sultan was seated in a State carriage, dr.iwn by four magnificent white horses, tho coachmen bein£ garbed in scarlet and gold liveries. He was accompanied by the Prime Minister. The Prince's mien was dignified and resolute. Thfe slight tilt with which he wears his high scarlet Egyptian fez gave his 'bearing just that little touch that endears Egyptian rulers to their. 'people''-; Otherwise the Sultan was soberly and perfectly dress : cd, and as gravely responded* to the applause with which ho was greeted by the people. Egyptians, like other Orientals, cheer little, but all along the. route, swelling louder and louder above the. strains of 1 the Khedival Anthem, sounded the clappings of thousands of hands. The streets were bright with flags, among which flashed conspicuously tho Khedival banner, with three white crescents and three ■white stars. The "Ministers followed in the State coach, and then a fine squadron of yeomanry, mounted on English horses. Next, accompanied by scarlet-clad kavasses, canie the carriages of the British High Commissioner and agency staff. Sir John Maxwell was last. Entering Abdin Palace, tie Sultan turned and saluted his subjects before passing in. The multitude applauded. I — : ; '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13575, 31 December 1914, Page 4
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