Evening star., 1952-07-28
Egypt Awaiting Cleanup
Of Bribery and Corruption

CAIRO, Egypt, July % R.-The
head of Egypt's powerful Wafdist
Party voiced jubilant support to-
day for the country's new strong
man, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Ma
guib Bey, and hailed his custer
of King Farouk and his promise
of a relentless nationwide clean
up of bribery and corruption"
The sweeping praise for Naguih
came from Mustapha Ell Nahas
Pasha, the party head whom
Farouk ousted from the premier
ship after last January'S disas-
trous fire riots in Cairo and who
returned early today from a Eu-
ropean holiday.
A high WafdiSt source said the
party, Egypt's largest and the
sweeping victor in the last gen.
eral elections. would support Ma
guib and his new Premier, Ally
Maher Pasha.
Greets Him at Airport.
Naguib, himself, was at the air.
port to embrace NahaS Pasha
when he arrived with Wafdist
Secretary General Fuad Serag FL
Din Pasha.
II thank God our people now
are entrusted to our valiant army
commander" Nahas declared
adding, 'T pray to God to grant
success to the task undertaken by
Gen. Naguib."
NahaS Pasha's high praise for
Naguib and his plans took on
particular interest for observers
here, since much of the corrup-
ton which the new regime has
sworn to root out and punish has
been charged in the past to men,
bers of the earlier Wafdist ad-
miniStration.
The violently nationalist Waf-
dists, too, were chiefly responsible
for Egypt's ordering the British
out of the Suez Canal zone
and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Britain's refusal to comply set off
prolonged and frequent clashes
and anti-British rioting last win
ter, eliminating in the January
torch outbreak.
Cabinet Returns to Cairo.
The new cabinet, meanwhile.
moved back to Cairo and Naguib
sternly warned that he and Maher
Pasha would meet with armed
force if necessary any attempt at
demonstrations or disorders" He
warned, too, that foreign inter-
ference would not be tolerated.
AS the cabinet quit the summer
capital at Alexandria for Cairo
the ousted monarch sailed towarc
Italy in the royal yacht Mahrous.
sa. With Farouk were his six.
month-old son, now Egypt's Kine
Fuad II, Farouk's teen-age secone
wife hartman, and his three
daughters by a previous marriage
One newspaper said the bah!
king would be returned to Egyp
when he is seven years old, thu
age at which Moslem mothers ira
ditionally lose control of theil
sons. The cabinet, meanwhile
temporarily held the royal power
pending creation Of a regenc!
council.
Sweeping Probe Expected.
The Nile kingdom generally re
joiced at the departure Saturda,
night of fat, playboy Farouk
whose downfall started when tn
51-year-old Gen. Naguib and
coterie of younger officers too
over the army last Wednesday AM
forced the king to install Maize
Pasha and a new anti-corruptiol
government.
The cleanup was expected Il
probe into every section of tn
government, extending all tn
way to former cabinet minister
and palace officials. High on tn
action docket are charges agains
several high officials, includin
Farouk's cousin, Prince Abba
Hahn, Of supplying faulty arm
to Egypt's army during the Pal
estine war. The case has dragge'
along without decisive action i
=. the civilian courts for the pas
\ year.