The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-28
King Farouk
Puts Govt
Out OF Office
Tells Leader Govt
Over Which You Preside
Has Not Been Able To
Preserve Peace. Securit,


CAIRO, Egypt R-Kine Farou'
'1as turned Mustanha FL Naha
'asha's government out of 0fficl
nd brought veteran politica
strong man." former Premier Al.
Iaher Pasha, back to power.
The monarch said he made the
hift to restore law and order tC
he riot torn Nile Kingdoms capi
al, but. some Western observers
saw it also as step that might
make things easier for a settle
ment of Egypt's bitter dispute with
Britain over defense of the Suez
Canal and control of the Sudan.
The new premier in a radio ad
'ress TO the nation pledged him
elf to fulfill the independent uni
y of the Nile Valley"-to get the
'ritish out--and to maintain ''sta-
ility, security and peace"
Maher Pasha, SO, before World
Var ii expressed pro- British sym
,athies, but during the war was
nterned at British insistence be-
.ause he had talks with Britain S
Italian enemies. In recent months,
owever, his public statements
ave indicated he advocates a. pro-
Hesternl policy.
Farouk, in his letter dismissing
Iahas qPasha, and his Wafdist Par
", regime, said Saturdays. orgy
# rioting, killing. burning and pill
aging here indicated tire govern
lent over which you preside has
OF been able to preserve peace
nd security"
Western. observers here antici-
,ated that the new government
would be more inclined to work
or a compromise settlement of the
litter dispute with Britain than had
S predecessors, whose Nationalist
ampaign to drive the British out
If the Suez and the Sudan touched
IF the rising wave of often-uncon.
rolled violence.
One diplomat termed the shift
the cabinet the most hopeful
ign in months.
British sources in London were
more cautious. however. Although
some said the new premier def.
litely is pro-British, others termed
i'm more anti-British than Ma.
las. These sources said they
.0uld not yet regard the change
rs a move toward a settlement
With Britain.
With marital law still in effect
throughout Egypt, Cairo continued
o count its dead, wounded and
iamage from Saturdays violence.
'olice estimated that about 20
persons had been killed and 80
Wounded in the outbreak of m0bs
nfuriated at the killing of more
han 40 Egyptian auxiliary police
n a British siege in Ismailia Fri
lay. The British reckoned their
dead, wounded and missing at Is.
Police rounded up ringleaders in
The rioting and others suspected
If fomenting the violence. A
spokesman said 800 had been ar
rested.
A smoke pail still hung over the
city, where $50 fires were set by
he mobs, destroying Egyptian as
veil as foreign-owned property.
The walls Of Shepherds hotel, ia.
nous meeting place for world
travellers. finally caved In Sunday.
Scores of Westerners had escaped
IN the smoke from the monument
% imperialism" when the mob
tired it.
A rigid curfew, confirming all
citizens to their homes after night
all, prevailed in Cairo and its
suburbs. Army troops we're posted
II street intersections and other
strategic points. Armored cars and
rucks patrolled. ""''' ''''@'''
Every foreign embassy and lie.
;ation in Cairo delivered stiff pro.
ests to the government concern
ng Saturdays violence.
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