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...King Fuad signed a decree dissolving the Egyptian Parliament. A new election will be held on Feb. 24 and the new Parliament will meet...
Whatever the result, the contest is sure to be bitter and perhaps violent. Not only is the main issue centred about cooperating with the British, but the future of the Egyptian monarchy itself depends upon a victory for Ziwar's coalition; for King Fuad, by paving the way for the acceptance of the British demands by appointing Ziwar Pasha Premier, has incurred much enmity in Nationalist (Zaghlulist) circles...
Ziwar Pasha, Premier of Egypt, declined to have Parliament summoned by King Fuad, preferring, apparently, to trust to the rising tide of his popularity in elections allegedly soon to be held...
...something more. It was tacitly a popular manifestation, evinced by a small and, persumably, representative section of the people, in favor of the Monarchy as an institution; for, in Spain, the real master is the Monarchy, quite irrespective of the King's personality. In Egypt, King Fuad is the monarch; and Great Britain is the master. In Russia, the proletariat is sovereign; but the Moscow oligarchy is the keeper of the sovereignty. In Italy, Vitorio Emanuele is King; and Benito Mussolini is master. So Spain, too, has her monarchs and masters. King Alfonso is the real master; Primo Rivera...
Parliament. King Fuad, in order to give Premier Ahmed Ziwar Pasha* a free hand to cope with the delicate situation arising out of the murder of the Sirdar (TIME, Dec. 1), prorogued the Egyptian Parliament until Christmas...