Government Defied

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 419, 30 July 1928, Page 9

Government Defied

WAFDISTS MEET SECRETLY

Trouble Brews in Egypt

(United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and Press Association.)

Reed. 9.5 a.m. CAIRO, Sunday. Fully 150 Wald members c£ the Chamber of Deputies and 65 senators met in secret session and passed a resolution ol no-confidence in the Government, which they declare to be illegal. They called on the nation not to obey the orders of any treaties that were not binding, or acts that were Invalid. The Egyptian Government had issued a warning to the ex-Prime Minister, Nahas Pasha, pointing out that the projected meeting of former members of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate, now both dissolved, would constitute defiance of the new regime established on July 19. The Government said it would forci,bly prevent the meeting or any attempt to hold it, and that it regarded Nahas Pasha as responsible, for inciting the movement.

The widow of Zaghlul Pasha, formerly the Wafdist leader, has issued an appeal to her “sons” to fight In order to prove that Zaghlul’s spirit survives. She declares she left Egi r pt afflicted by her husband’s death and has returned to be afflicted by the loss of her “children’s” liberties and her country’s Constitution. Madame Zaghlul, who on the death of her husband said she would lead the Wafdists in his stead, exhorts the nation not to weaken, because Zaghlul will really be dead if the Government succeeds in killing Egyptian liberty.

The Cairo ■ orrespondent of “The Times” says to-day's poiitical proceedings, about which there was slight apprehension, passed off not only without disturbance, but also the atmosphere of public indifference was really extraordinary and undoubtedly constitutes a .notable success by Mahomed Mahmoud and his Government. It reflects credit on the Wafd

leader’s good sense in recognising the futility of attempting a disturbance. MET AT PRIVATE HOUSE (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (United Service) Reed. Noon. CAIRO, Sunday. The Wafdist deputies and senators defied the Governor’s warning and assembled at a private house. They unanimously resolved that the Parliament still existed, and declared any legislation passed by the present Ministry null and void.