EGYPT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16455, 6 June 1919, Page 3

EGYPT.

UNREST STILL PREVALENT,

SEDITIOUS LITERATURE SEIZED,

By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright,

(Received June 6, 11.45 a.m.)

CAIRO, June 5. Of the death sentences two have been carried out and two- commuted to ten years 7 " imprisonment. Unrest is still prevalent. In several raids on Cairo cafes seditious literature was seized and there were some arrests. Evidence at the Deirut trial showed that altdr live British officers had been stripped and beaten to death the mob compelled tho stationraaster to falsify his reports.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.