Word: zaghlul
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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House of Lords. Lord Parmoor,* Lord President of the Council, assured their lordships that the Labor Government had no intention of abandoning the Sudan. Apparently, the impending visit to London of Saad Zaghlul Pasha, Premier of the Egyptian Government, had stirred up fearful forebodings in their lordships' bosoms...
...famed Egyptian politician, who controls 90% of the seats in the newly elected Parliament?Said Zaghlul Pasha?was summoned to the Aidin Palace in Cairo, Capital of Egypt, and was requested by King Fuad to form a Ministry, which he did. After leaving the Palace he was greeted by tremendous ovations...
...Premier Zaghlul's Cabinet, composed mostly of Nationalists who, like himself, have been imprisoned for their political opinions, aims at popularizing the Government, achieving complete independence of Egypt and the Sudan. The Premier declared in a letter to the King that his acceptance of office did not infer acceptance of certain laws passed by previous Ministries against which his Party protested. An ominous passage in his letter referred to making former Ministers accountable for Egypt's past misfortunes...
...pointed out that, although Premier Zaghlul has intimated his desire of conferring with the British Labor Government upon questions in Egypt, affecting British interests, his determination to achieve real independence for his country is likely to meet with a rebuff from London. The main British interests in Egypt are: safety of the Suez Canal route; safety of British interests in the Sudan, the sovereignty of which remains British pending negotiations with Egypt; safeguards for foreigners in Egypt who were hitherto under British protection; compensation for certain foreign officials; maintenance of military and air force bases...