Word: zaghlul
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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Ministers of the Crown, Senators, Deputies and hosts of uncategoried dignitaries assembled at Cairo Railway Station to bid au revoir, bon voyage and bonne chance to Premier Zaghlul of Egypt, who was leaving for London to have a word with Premier MacDonald about the Sudan (TIME, Feb. 11 et seq).* Outside the station thousands of people voiced their farewells in true Moslem fashion. Bands played, replayed and played again a special hymn dedicated to 'the Premier. A small group of people carrying a coffin were seen to lay it down and dash to the station to catch a fleeting...
...Premier Zaghlul wants the British to get out of the Sudan. As Egypt pays one-fifth of the costs of the British occupation, she has much on her side of the argument. Under British rule, however, the Sudan has been developed to a pitch undreamed-of in recent Egyptian history, and, having made this desert a prosperous land, the British intend to stay. A compromise is expected in London...
...Referring to the furore which a Government statement in the House of Lords (TIME, July 7) caused in Egypt, Premier MacDonald said that Premier Saad Zaghlul Pasha of Egypt would meet him during August for a discussion of the Anglo-Egyptian dispute over the Sudan. He assured the House that the Government was firm in its resolution not to quit the country...
...Refers to meeting between Premiers Ramsay MacDonald and Zaghlul Pasha arranged to take place in London later in the Summer...
While saluting a Cairo crowd from the train which was to take him to Alexandria for a reception of King Fuad, Egyptian Premier Saad Zaghlul Pasha was shot by a young student from a distance of three yards...