Evening star., 1952-01-27

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| Egypt
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dents and visitors, Shepherds
Hotel, which was burned by the
swarming mobs, and other hang
outs Of foreigners.
United States Ambassador JEFF
ferson Caffery was received by
King Farouk at Abdin Palace in
the heart of Cairo at 4 pm.
Mr.. Caffery was understood to
be trying to prevent a diplomatic
break by Egypt with Britain. The
Egyptian press predicted the
break would be announced after
a cabinet meeting tomorrow.
Violence ranged all the way
from the Cairo.night club hotspots
in midtown to the Auberge de
Pyramides, a swank roadhouse
which has been frequented by King
Farouk himself. The Auberge is
near the famous pyramids of Giza,
just outside the capital
The Auberge also is near Mena
House Hotel where President
Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and
Chiang Kai-shek met in Novem-
ber-December, 1943, before and
after the Roosevelt-C Churchill con-
ference with Joseph Stain at
Teheran.
Schools Closed Indefinitely.
Martial law imposes a 6 p.m.-
6 am. curfew on Cairo and closes
schools throughout Egypt for an
indefinite time.
Some schools already had been
closed to discourage rioting by
students In demonstrations against
the British in the Suez zone.
The Egyptian government radio
reported King Farouk entertained
high army officers at lunch in
celebration Of the birth Of Crown
Prince F'uad Ahmed January 16.
The King told his guests he had
wanted to call it of in view Of
events" but said, the radio re-
ported: ..-
1--WE are all soldiers of the coun-
try and in due time we shall de-
fend the country" The King then
paid tribute to the martyrs who
have fallen in the canal zone" !"
The victims were mostly Egyptian
police and civilian volunteers.
Between AZ and 46 police were
reported killed in the battle of
Ismailia Friday.
The martial law decree for the
whole country includes the Suez
canal zone, as well as the twin
capitals, Cairo and Alexandria.
However, the British have more
than $4,000 troops in the canal
zone and warship reinforcements
speeding from Malta to the Suez.
The British are standing on
treaty rights that expire in 1856
although Egypt decided in mid
October to scrap the pact.
Shouting for arms and revenge
for Britain's victory in the bloody
battle of Ismailia Friday, mobs
burned every night club and large
movie in downtown Cairo, pillaged
and burned every automobile
agency in the city and attacked
scores of other business places.
Many foreign correspondents
escaped out the back door when a
mob. invaded the lobby Of the
famous Shepherds Hotel with
torches. Americans were hastily
Evacuated and none was reported
hurt.
Cairo was a desolated city.
Sparks scared hundreds of feet
high into a pail of smoke in the
night. New fires were still being
set and yelling youths roamed
streets Uttered with debris and
flooded from slashed firemen's
hoses.
But violence was on the wane.
Soldiers with bayonets crouched
as they deployed along the streets,
clearing them of rioters. Occa-
sionally there was the crack OF
gunfire.
Army Guards Embassies.
Jeeps carrying four or five SOL
diers each went on patrol and
troops with bayonets and rifles
Established cordons about certain
areas and challenged all who tried
to enter.
Army units replaced police at
1.-THE United States and British en-
|bassies, as fire brigades worked
into the night.
i Police, it was reported, refused
Ito fire on the rioters and the
I(army was called in just at dusk
Eight truckloads of troops arrived
lon Faud I street as the rioting was
IatAts height and fred hundreds OF
shots into the air.
The crowds ran. So did police
u At the time four blocks of the
main thoroughfare were almost 9
! Isolid blaze. A reporter counted
l22 fires on q two-mile drive
. Through the city.
n Official sources In London sai6
1.-THE British cabinet had decided
Tn clarnn martial law on the Sue