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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...
Students. Shortly after having accepted the Premiership from his King, Ahmed Ziwar Pasha motored to the home of ex-Premier Saad Zaghlul Pasha, who cordially received him. During the Premier's visit, students? in the street called "Yehia Saad Zaghlul!" (Long live Saad Zaghlul.) The ex-Premier sent one of his colleagues to tell them to stop and later he warned them that if they wished him to remain their leader they must return to their classes, resume their occupations, refrain from agitating. The students, known as "Zaghlul Pasha's Army," departed...
...Pasha is a title, superior to that of Bey, and was formerly granted only by the Sultan of Turkey and, by delegation, by the Khedive of Egypt...
Arrests. Abdur Rahman Fahmy Bey, Mahmud Nekrashy Effendi, Makrum Obeid Effendi and Barakat Pasha, all prominent members of Zaghlul's party organization and still Deputies of Parliament, were arrested in their homes by British soldiers for plotting against the British. The following day 35 more arrests were effected. A great cry went up protesting that the four Deputies enjoyed parliamentary immunity from arrest and that the British had acted illegally...
...latest dispatches the dove of peace hovers once more above the Nile. The Egyptian bomb had been set and timed to blow up the vestiges of English power. After much smoke and a few sparks, it exploded with a resounding "Piff!", and instead of the British lion, Zagloul Pasha heads the casualty list...