The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-12-05
SEIZE CHIEFS OF
zAGL0UL' PARTY
League to Hand Cairo Protest
to Council Meeting
DISCUSSION IS LIKELY
OFFICIAL Notice Of Plea Depends On
Initiative OF Member
British Called
Brutal.

London. - British authorities in
Cairo have taken into their own hands
drastic measures to suppress possible
Nationalistic plottings by the arrest
of four prominent members Of the
party organization headed by former
Premier Zagloul Pasha.
Those arrested were Nekrashy Bey,
secretary in the Ministry Of the In
terror in zaglours Cabinet; Abdul
Rahman FANNY, one of Zagloul's'
closest political assistants; William
Makram Obeid, prominent Coptic
member of the Nationalist delegation,
and Barakat Pasha, who was Zagloul's
Minister of the Interior.
According to statements in official
quarters in London the men arrested
were leaders in the underground con-
spiracy against British interests,
whicE probably was partly responsible
for the murder of Sirdar Stack and
which, If ,lstt unhampered in its activi-
ties, might result in further unfor-
tunate incidents.
There was fear that this prompt
action by the British might result
in another Egyptian ministerial crisis,
but according to the latest Cairo adj
Vices It was announced there, after a
hastily called Cabinet council, that
there would be no ministerial resigna-
tons, as the British authorities had
accepted Premier Ziwar's- proposal
that the men taken into custody
should be handed over to the Egyp-
tians to be dealt with.
3 Apparently the arrest of these Ma
tionalists is regarded as merely pre-
ventive measure, and they will be
placed only under observation and
control. No manifestations or disor-
ders have followed the arrests. and
throughout Egypt calm still prevails.
There is no hint Of any active opposi-
ton to the withdrawal of the Egyptian
units from the Sudan. The with
drawa1 is expected to be completed by
the end of the week
Nothing is known in London Of an
alleged plot against the life Of Field
Marshal viscount Allenby, the British
High Commissioner. The Egyptians
have taken no further active step to-
ward bringing the, Egyptian affair to
the official cognizance OF the League
Of Nations
Opinion in official quarters here re-
mains optimistic that solution Of
the situation will be reached by means
Of direct negotiations between Ziwar
and viscount Allenby before the Egyp-
tian Parliament meets again.
Geneva.-Now that the League Of
Nations has decided, after reflection,
to bring the Egyptian Parliament's
protest against Great Britain to the
attention of the Council of the League.
interest conferred in the probable at
titude of the Council when it meets
in Rome early in December.
The prevailing opinion in the sec
retariat seemed to be that Egypt's
protest would not be officially dis
cussed in Rome, because the mem
bers Of the Council would find it
difficult to give official Importance to
q communication from a Parliament.
The mystery growing out of the
various versions of the Egyptian ap-
peal sent to the League of Nations
appeared to have been cleared up
when the 9Marseilles telegraph Office
notified the Geneva central Office that
some words apparently had been
dropped from the dispatch when the
Cairo telegram was repeated at Mar
settles for Geneva
Cairo sent and Marseilles received
SCI words in the telegram Of protest,
but only 545 words came to Geneva
1t is presumed the missing words re.
ferred to the request for League in.
PREVENTION, which appears in the text
given out in Paris.
The Journal de Geneve discusses
both Great Britain's demands on Egypt
and international opium conference
developments in an editorial. The
newspaper calls Great Britain's ulti
matum to Egypt brutal and against
the spirit Of the covenant of the
League of Nations.
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