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...combined anti-Zaghlulist Parties also secured 101 seats; and of the 13 remaining seats, not more than two were expected to go to the Zaghlulists. This will then give the present Premier, Ahmed Ziwar Pasha, the smallest of majorities, and thus enable him to remain in power...
Following the recent crisis, caused by the assassination of the Sirdar, Sir Lee Stack (TIME, Dec. 1 et seq.), Parliament was prorogued for a month. It was hoped that during this period the King's Premier, Ziwar Pasha, appointed to effect a settlement with Britain, would be able to gather about him supporters enough to make his Cabinet secure in Parliament. The attitude of Parliament, however, did not change; ex-Premier Saad Zaghlul Pasha continued to enjoy the confidence of both Chambers and that meant an anti-British policy which could only embroil Egypt further with Britain...
...election has therefore been called to end a delicate situation. Ziwar Pasha will attempt under an old electoral law to solicit support for his Cabinet from the electorate. The chances are that he will be successful; the chances are that the result of the election will not mirror the true expression of the people's will. The new election will be held on the electoral college plan and that will give the Government, through its officials, the unrivaled opportunity of influencing the voters in its favor...
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...