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Cairo's volatile mixture of pride, intransigeance and irresponsibility might have touched off an explosion that would blast the free world asunder. Acting just in time, King Farouk brushed aside his irresponsible and dangerous Premier Nahas Pasha and took stern measures to restore a semblance of order. His action in no way solved the problem, but it did give the West, and Egypt, another chance...
...Strange Quiet. After Cairo's violence had run its course, with an estimated 62 dead, the Wafdist (Nationalist) cabinet finally bestirred itself. Its leaders went to the palace, and winning Farouk's approval, clapped all Cairo under martial law. Curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. was imposed; the press was put under censorship...
...King Farouk, whose own position was rendered almost as shaky as that of the British by the hog-wild nationalist uprising, abruptly fired the lot of them, with ironic thanks "for what you have done" and a reproof for failing to keep "security and order." To form the new government, he appointed an old friend and adviser: Aly Maher Pasha, 68, one of the richest men in Egypt, who has served twice be fore as Premier. As Chief of the Royal Cabinet when young Farouk first came to the throne as a boy of 16, Maher Pasha had formed...
...Premier at the outbreak of World War II, Maher dutifully followed the British lead and broke off diplomatic relations with the Axis in 1939. Later, when Maher began receiving visits from Goebbels, Mussolini's Balbo and their ilk, the British became suspicious and complained to Farouk. The King dismissed Maher, and in 1942 the British arranged to have him placed under "house arrest" for the duration...
Born. To Egypt's King Farouk, 31, and his second wife, Queen Narriman, 18: their first child (his fourth) and eagerly awaited heir apparent to the throne; in Cairo. Name: Crown Prince Ahmed Fuad. Weight: 7 Ibs. 7 oz. (see FOREIGN NEWS...