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...Independent Kingdom of Egypt was proclaimed in 1922, supplanting the British Protectorate established when Egypt was snatched from Turkey by the Allies in 1914. Last week fat King Fuad, a placid puppet of Great Britain, signed two decrees. One suspended the Egyptian Chamber of Deputies and Senate for "three years, or longer if circumstances shall so require." The second decree suspended ''indefinitely" Article XV of the Egyptian Constitution wherein is guaranteed free speech and freedom of the press...
...Majesty Ahmed Fuad of course declared that he was acting by advice of Prime Minister Mohamed Mahmud Pasha. London correspondents even learned at the British Foreign Office that officials were "surprised" by the developments in Egypt. The transparent facts of the case appear when it is recalled that Prime Minister Mahmud Pasha commands the support of exactly 28 Deputies in the Egyptian Chamber of 210-that is to say he does not represent the country at all. The previous Prime Minister, Mustafa iNahas Pasha, recently and curtly dismissed by King Fuad, retains the support of 170 Deputies. Last week...
...Egyptian ports of Alexandria and Port Said. Beside the ponderous battleships, paced three swift cruisers, keen Empire dogs of war. Smoke belched. Spume flew. Meanwhile a good old fashioned ultimatum was being cabled by the potent Government of His Britannic Majesty to the puny Egyptian Cabinet of puppet King Fuad...
...Frank B. Willis, President Coolidge sent condolences upon the death of her husband, Senator Willis (see col. 3). To Fuad I, King of Egypt, President Coolidge sent congratulations on the royal 60th birthday...
...radical a shift in Egyptian politics came, and could come, only after a prolonged and bitter crisis (TIME, March 12 et seq). The previous Prime Minister, Abdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha?like King Fuad a British puppet?was forced to resign when he attempted to foist upon Egypt a British-dictated treaty of "alliance" which was actually one of "subjugation...