Word: egypt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...small roly-poly porpoise sporting pompously in a pool would not be happier than was Egypt's plump, glistening little King Fuad in London last week. For four years His Majesty and his ministers on the Nile have been dictated to, nay openly bullied, by the British High Commissioner to Egypt, sleek, superior Baron George Ambrose Lloyd of Dolobran. Last week, in humiliating circumstances, the High Commissioner was forced to resign by his own Government, which at first withheld public explanation. In the House of Commons a teapot typhoon of invective rose...
...crossfire of debate began, Mr. Henderson blandly maintained: 1) that Baron Lloyd had always been out of harmony with the Labor party's ideas of what constitutes fair treatment of Egypt; 2) that the High Commissioner had long insisted on a more domineering policy than was approved by even Sir Austen Chamberlain, lately Conservative Foreign Secretary. Upon receipt of the Henderson telegram, Baron Lloyd had hastened to London. Mr. Henderson said last week that after a "friendly talk" they had agreed that the resignation should be tendered and accepted. "All went well," concluded the Foreign Secretary with a wink which...
Aside from showing up brilliant "Winnie" Churchill as the demagog he often is, Mr. Henderson performed an international public service last week when he dismissed Baron Lloyd. It was he who last summer forced Egypt to accept the Cabinet of Mamud Pasha, who commanded only 28 seats in the Egyptian Chamber, whereas the "Opposition" led by Mustafa Nahas Pasha is a solid phalanx of 170 Deputies (TIME, July 30, 1928). A far less outrageous deed would be?...
Prince Ibrahim of Egypt and a score of guests, including three women, swam about in nightclothes until rescued after the royal yacht Nazperwer (Beautiful Lady) had struck a rock off the foggy Norwegian coast near Trondhjem and sunk in eight minutes...
...Royal physicians pondered last week a suitable place for King George to spend the winter. Egypt, the Riviera, a Mediterranean cruise were all suggested. Said the King-Emperor: "I wish to visit one of my dominions...