EGYPTAIN UNREST.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 15079, 29 November 1919, Page 8

EGYPTAIN UNREST.

itviec Vi-: Cdiiy right— United Press As«n.. •RiiMht^ T< lecrain.' :■! (Received Nov. 29, 11.35 a.m.) LONDON. Nov.- 25. Iri the . House of Lords Lord Ctirzqn, iri his statement, on the situation m .Egv.pt, said the unrest was due especially to the high cost of living, hut the unrest was exploited politically, foi ; eign , Socialists taking no- smalf parti m - fomenting discontent. The Government iwas doing its utmost to remove legitimate grievances. As the British protectorate, was recognised m the Peace 'Treat y, any Nationalist . expectations therefore were, doomed to complete -disappointment. The keynote^ of Lord Milner's- mission was prop;ressive deyelopinjierit of self-governing institiiitdons. Whatever foi*m peace with Turkey took, it would not alter the solution -ofV the Egyptian problem; The Turco-Egyptiani political connection ended wtilh. the recognition of, the British Protectorate. E^ypt was an insepaya-bl© feature of 'the Turkish treaty.- . - (Thfi Times.) '..-., (Received Nov. 29. 12.45 p.m:) CAIRO, Nov. 28. The situation is quieter. General Allenby, wndei* martial law. ordered the students to rebutii to school under pain bf exclusion from examinations. Infiam- ' ' rnatoryNdocumeh'ts threaten to paralyse the railways. They declare the railwa.ymeni are armed and intend to kill volunteer workers. » j