Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-24
zAGL0UL, EGYPTIAN
NATIONALIST, DIES
President of Cairo Chamber
of Deputies Fought for Com
pIete Independence.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 24.-The death
of Zagloul Pasha, president of the
Egyptian Chamber Of Deputies and
Nationalist leader, is announced in a
Cairo dispatch to the Exchange Teie-
graph Co.
Said zagloul Pasha. frequently re.
ferred to as the stormy petrol OF
Egypt, attracted worldwide attention
by his militant agitation for the COM
olete independence of Egypt after the
World War and the continual trouble
he caused the British government at
a time when the entire world was
stepped in u maelstrom of interna-
tional politics.
Expressing his dissatisfaction with
the British protectorate over Egypt
early in the war, Zagloul. although he
remained quiet during the struggle.
gathered about him great secret or
ganization which was backed by
strong Turkish and other elements.
Influence Was Great.
After the war it was found that his
influence was so great and the secret
organization he controlled so per-
versive that the British had great
difficulty in finding any Egyptian who
would dare take high office in the
government.
With the signing of the armistice
Zagloul launched an earnest campaign
for the abiltion of the protectorate and
the independence Of Egypt. First he
sought the permission of the high
commissioner for Egypt to go to Lon
don to place the case before the Brit
ish public. After this was denied he
tried to place the case of Egypt before
the Paris peace conference. but he and
his fellow delegates of the National
party were taken to Malta and inn
INJURED there until they no longer could
carry out their design. The National
lists, however, established propa-
ganda bureau in the French capital
and made much of Zaglouls imprison-
ment.
The arrest of Zagloul was accom-
panied by riots in Cairo and Alexan-
dria, which were renewed from time
to time. The secret organization
which supported him made life so in
secure for British officers and soldiers
that they were forbidden TO go after
dark outside the European quarters
of the garrisoned cities.
British Sought Peace.
An investigation of the Egyptian sit
Lord Miner, revealed that conditions
| in the country were really serious and
that Zagloul had powerful hold upon
the people. Then the British tried
to come to terms with him. The Ma
| tionalist leader went to London in
1920 and after conferences was Of
| fered large concessions, amounting al
most to the freedom of his country,
except in the matter of British con-
troll Of its foreign relations and Brit
ish garrisons to protect the Suez
Canal. Zagloul rejected the offer, de-
manding complete independence.
Zagloul was permitted to return to
Egypt and, although promised free
dom from arrest if he would cease his
campaign, continued his agitation. In
December, 1921, after he refused to
obey an order issued by the military
authorities that he and his followers
cease all political action and leave
Cairo, he was escorted by British
troops to the railroad station and later
taken by automobile to Gibraltar.
With the abolition Of martial law
and the PRONUNCIATION of new consu-
tuition. Zagloul was released and per-
mitted to return to Egypt. A plea had
been made in his behalf because of the
condition Of his health. In the first
|
| January, 1924, the followers of Tag
loul won a decisive victory. He be-
came premier, and in the selection of
his cabinet named men who, for the
most part like himself, had suffered
| imprisonment or deportation for their
| political opinions.
Born i'm 1860.
The Zagloul government resigned In
| November, 1924, when the British, to
enforce indemnity demanded for the
| assassination of Maj. Gen. Sir Lee
Stack. sirdar of the Egyptian Army.
seized the Egyptian customs. At that
time Zagloul said he entered the gov
eminent for the good of the country
and was leaving it for the same rea-
son.
Said Zagloul Pasha was born In
1860 at Biana. in the Delta. He was
graduated from the University Of Al
Azhar and afterward studied law. He
became counselor of the native Court
of Appeal in 1893 and served in that
capacity several years. Appointed
minister of education in 1908 he
served two years. when he was made
minister of justice. He was elected
to the Legislative Assembly in 1913
and was chosen by the Assembly as
one of it's six vice presidents.
In 1896 Zagloul married the daugh.
ter of Mustapha Pasha FANNY, who
was prime minister from 1895 to 1908.
While serving as prime minister him
self, Zagloul was slightly wounded
July IA, 1924, when shot by a young
student, who was said to have gone
to Egypt from Berlin. The bullet
pierced the premier's right forearm.
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