Evening star., 1951-10-23
Egyptian !. kobs
Roam Streets
for Arms
Police Fire in Air
To Subdue Crowds;
British Grip Suez
BY fhe Asseeiosed Press

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tian mobs roamed the streets Of
Cairo today shouting for arms to
settle their differences with the
British. 1t was a nation wide day
lof mourning" to honor Is Egyp-
tians killed in last weeks dis
orders.
The crowds in Cairo, estimated
at several thousand. were fairly
orderly. but in Alexandria, Egypt's
second largest city. police were
forced to fire shots into the air
and buckshot into the ground to
keep demonstrators in check.
The new demonstrations fol-
lowed a British move sharply cut
ting rail and traffic and banning
road movement in the disputed
Suez Canal area. The traffic cuts
will remain in force until Egyp-
tian dock laborers. boycotting the
unloading of British supply ships
at the British military port of
Adabia, 10 miles south of Suez, go
back to work. British spokesman
said.
Barred From Embassies.
In Cairo where anti British
feeling was rising. the demonstra-
tors yelled: 1--WE want arms" One
Of the crowd held up a gun and
shouted: This is how we will
talk to Attlee."
All shops were closed this after
noon in Alexandria and Cairo.
An open car filled with demon
strators attempted to drive to the
Garden City area of Cairo where
the British and American En-
bassies are located. A guard of so
Egyptian police turned them back
when they had reached within a
half block of the area.
The British increased their hold
on the Suez Canal area last night
by seizing the harbor and rail sta
ton at Port Suez.
Trains viii Be Limited.
A limited number of trains will
be run. They will be operated by
British army crews. One passenger
train and one freight train daily
will be permitted to cross the
canal to supply Egyptian troops
on the east side of the canal, the
British spokesman announced.
Food trains for Egyptian civilians
throughout the canal zone also
will operate.
The British denied Egyptian
reports that they used a squadron
of tanks to take the railway shops
and station at Port Suez last
night. Only six or seven" ar
mored vehicles were on the move
in the area yesterday. the spokes-
man said.
But British troops are stationed
at switches and crossings from
Port Said to Suez, along the full
104-mile length Of the canal, he
disclosed.
Egyptians Are Searched.
British soldiers have been
searching every Egyptian enter
ing the canal area since October
II and have been ransacking box
cars to prevent organized gangs"
from infiltrating the control zone,
the spokesman revealed.
Meanwhile, a Royal Air Force
spokesman in Cairo said small
flights of RAF jet planes were
continuing to make "reconnais-
sance sorties" over the canal area
to keep an eye on ground ac-
tivities.
More British troops and war
ships. from several Mediterranean
bases and even from Britain, sped
to reinforce the soldiers, sailors
and flyers who have carried out
Britain's refusal to be ouSted from
the vital sea lane which links the
commonwealth.
Egypt's fiery Nationalistic Prime
Minister. Mustapha Ell Nahas
Pasha. told cheering audiences
that he would bring the British to
Ia severe accounting" for their
continued resistance to the Egyp-
tian custer moves.