Evening star., 1952-03-02
New Premier Named
By Farouk as Guards
Fill Streets Of Cairo
King Accepts Resignation
Of Ally Moher Posho
And Appoints HiloIy
By the ASsociotsd Press

CAIRO, Egypt. Sunday, Mar. 2
King Farouk today appointed All.
med Naguib Hila1y Pasha, an in
dependent, as premier of tense
and heavily guarded Egypt.
The palace announcement said
Farouk bad accepted the resigna-
ton of Premier Ally Maher Pasha,
whose non-party government had
ruled since January q under
martial law, which continues.
Mr.. Maher quit yesterday just
before he was to have begun
peace moves aimed to settle the
bitter feud with Britain over the
British-held Suez canal zone and
the Egyptian claimed, million
square-mile Sudan.
Patrols Fill Streets.
For several hours before the
palace announcement that the CO.
year-old Hilaly was taking over,
Egypt was without an effective
government but was on the alert
for trouble.
Police patrols filled Cairo's
streets on the lookout for violence
as news Of the crisis spread.
Mr.. Hilaly, one Of Egypt's top
jurists, was an active nationalist
leader for years. He was expelled
from the WafdiSt Party last No
vember after testifying that the
Wafdist government had author
lied wire tapping. He has a repu.
tation for honesty and f1rmness
Political informants said Mr.
Hilaly is trying to line up a gov
eminent including some inde-
pendents from Mr.. Maher's cab
met, plus members of three lead
ing minority parties.
This would give him a coalition
cabinet to carry out the Anglo
Egyptian negotiations.
Meanwhile, political sources said
former Premier Nahas, head OF
the fiery Nationalist Wafdist
Party which holds a big majority
in Parliament. has summoned an
emergency meeting of Wafd lead
ers in Cairo tomorrow.
Mr.. Maher met for an hour
with his cabinet this morning
Striding out, he tersely told re-
lporters he was quitting. He gave
Ino reason, but political sources
said his move may have been
touched off by dispute with the
palace.
His son, Mohamaed Ally MaheI
Pasha, said the 69-year-old leader
resigned because of inability to
work due to mysterious currents
behind his back"
Follows RiOting.
Other informantS said they be-
Ilieved the shuttle was prompted
by an attempt to split the Wafdist
Party. Such a split could provide
the basis for calling new elections
in which Mr.. Hilaly might get the
backing of the Wafd old guard.
King Farouk installed Mr.
Maher as premier after ousting
Wafdist Mustapha Ell Nahas
Pasha. The change was made the
day after anti-British rioting in
Cairo in which at least 81 per-
sons were killed and fire damage
reached millions of dollars.
Mr.. Maher resigned shortly
after indefinite postponement Of
a meeting he had scheduled with
British Ambassador Sir Ralph
Stevenson on reopening discus
sions for settling the British
Egyptian dispute.
Sir Ralph called of the en-
gagement on grounds Of illness
The political reshufde is not
expected to interfere seriously
with the British Egyptian negoti-
atoms, also designed to consider
possible Arab Western co-opera-
ton In Middle East defense.
s1n London, a Foreign Once
spokesman said; I'VE were pre-
pared to negotiate with Ally
Maher Pasha and we're prepared
to negotiate with the next prime
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