POLITICAL CRISIS IN EGYPT.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 18 November 1924, Page 7

POLITICAL CRISIS IN EGYPT.

Prime Minister Withdraws Resignation-

KING AND PARLIAMENT

INTERVENE

By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. Aastralian and N.Z. Cable Association LONDON, Nov. 16.

Zaghlul Pasha (Prime Minister of Egypt), has withdrawn his resignation. (Earlier messages stated that the King had a conference with Zaghlul Pasha on Saturday. Zaghlul Pasha tendered the Cabinet’s resignation, which the King did not accept. Zaghlul Pasha later announced his resignation to both Chambers and Parliament, which were stupefied with surprise. Pressed for reasons, Zaghlul Pasha insisted that the only reason was his health. Both Chambers voted confidence in the Government and adjourned until Monday. The news created a tremendous sensation in Cairo, when it became known in the evening. No official statement has yet been issued, but it is understood that Zaghlul’s resignation was precipitated by the resignation of Nessim Pasha (Finance Minister), who had a disagreement with the junior members of the Cabinet. There was a Council of Ministers on Friday night at Zaghlul’s house, at which Nessim Pasha was urged to withdraw his resignation, but he refused. Finally, the Cabinet, fearing the effect on the public of Nessim Pasha s action, decided to resign collectively, which it did to-day.)

freedom of choice. AGHLUL’S CONDITIONAL RETURN TO OFFICE. . ts ’ By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Reuter’s Telegrams. Received 7.40 p.m., Nov. 17. CAIRO, Nov. 16.' Zaghlul Pasha announced to Parliament that the conditions he had laid down for remaining in office, concerned his freedom of choice in Ministerial and administrative appointments, according to constitutional law. . The King accepted these conditions.

PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS IN CAIRO. OUTBURST OF PUBLIC APPROVAL By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. Reuter’s Telegrams. Received 5.5 p.m., Nov. 17. CAIRO, Nov. 16. All schools have struck. The students formed processions in the streets, cheering Zaghlul Pasha, and visiting the Ministries. They tried to bring out the Government employees. They induced the officials in the Ministry of Finance to quit, work. The employees of the Ministry of Education assembled in the Courtyard of the Ministry, where speakers urged a deputation to proceed to the Palace, and beg the King not to accept the Premier’s resignation. Crowds wrecked the premises of the comic weekly, “Alka-Shoul, which caricatured Zaghlul Pasha and his colleagues. The raiders Set fire to the paper supplies, but were driven off by the police. Large crowds > assembled in the fieislibourjiood of Zagblul Pasha 9 house. Parliament and Abdin Palace The King informed a Senatorial deputation, begging him not to accept the Cabinet’s resignation, that he had already refused. He would receive Zaghlul Pasha again in the afternoon and insist on his remaining m Zaghlul Pasha states that he has not resigned because the King refusto agree to two Ministerial nominations, g but maintains that his health is unsatisfactory. He is de term me to facilitate the task and support his successor chosen from the majority of the Chamber. thp (The Cairo correspondent of tne “Sunday Express.” telegraphing on Sunday* stated that there Was a su ✓ picion that Zaghlul’s re f merely an artifice to his hold on his own majority, which re cently was shaken.)