FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1925.
CAIRO MURDER.
FORMER CABINET MINISTERS ARRESTED.
SUBORDINATE'S REVELATIONS. Impeding the Conduct of the Inquiry.
The inquiry into the murder of the Sirdar of Egypt last year has provided another sensation, this being the arrest of two former Cabinet ministers in connection with the crime.
STARTLING CHARGES.
(Reuter's Service.)
Cairo, May 21. Ahmed Pasha Maher, Minister of Education in the Zughlulist Cabinet, has been arrested in con- pection with the investigation into the murder of the former Birday.
THEIR CHEF.
Zaglu) Pasha who was head of the Government of which the two arrested farmer Cabinete Ministers. wore members. Zuzul is no longer Premier, of Egypt.
Shafik It is alleged that Mansour, who was with Ahmed in the Office of Education at the time the crime was committed made certain disclosures regarding him.
Later.
The arrest has been orileted -of Nokrashi Bey, Secretary
THE MURDERED-SIRDAR.-
Generad Zir Lee Sinck who was fatally injured by an bomb in Cairo in November last
of the Interior in the Zaghlunst regime, "who was arrested after the murder of the former Sirdar on a charge of impeding the con- duct of the inquiry into the crime but was handed over to the Egyptian judicial authorities in consequence of a Government pro- Lest and was subsequently Biberated.
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Shafik Mansour was arrested after the murder and released on December 14 as there was no im. plicating evidence.
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FROZEN SPEECH.
$80,000,000 ESTATE
Late Jay Gould's Will
A MARRIAGE CLAUSE.
REFEREE'S RULING AFFECTING
$90,000,000.
"(Renter's American Service.)
New York, May 21. The referee accounting the $80,000,000 Jay Gould estate has ruled that the marriage clause in
the financier's will does not apply This clause to remarrriage. stipulated that any of. Jay Gould's six children. who marry without the consent of the majority of the trustees shall lose half their inheritance.
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The Sirdar of Egypt, Sir Lee Oliver Stack, G.B.E, C.M.G., was fatally injured on November 19. Two bombe were thrown at him ns. he was driving from the Three of the Ministry of War. four assailants escaped when the one bomb did not explode. They The disposal of $30,000,000 is fired several rounds from revolvers, hitting Sir Lee Stack, said to hinge on this ruling.
The referee, whose ruling was his Aide-de-Camp, Captain Camp-made orally, indicated that he bell of the Black Watch, the would prepare a memorandum to chauffeur and a policeman. The the above effect and would add Sirdar was badly wounded in the thereto a ruling regarding the stomach and had to be taken to fortunes of the three children hospital where he later suc-M. F. Gould, George Gould and cumbed. The attack on the Sirdur Guinevere Sinclair. was made in Shariakas Relaini, a main and busy thoroughfare of Cairo. The chauffeur, despite his Wounds, drove off at full speed and brought the car to the Residency, which is nearer than the Sirdario (Sirdar's residencë).
NEW SILK TAXES.
THE INDUSTRY MUCH MOLLIFIED
(Reuter's Service.)
LONDON, May 21, The Silk Association in a state- ment, says it is quite satisfied Fegarding Mr. Winston Churchill's new proposals and expresses the opinion that they will benefit the silk industry.
The duties on waste and spun give a small margin to the British manufacturer, but sufficient to save the Industry from extermination and undoubtedly to result in increase of employment.
LONDON, May 21.
The artificial silk interests have made a statement to the effect that Mr. Churchill's new proposals either reduce to a minimum or counter balance the harmful effects of the original proposals.
Therefore they are generally acceptable.
On the other hand a meeting of the West Riding trade at Bradford passed a resolution opposing all taxes on raw material and excise taxes on artificial silk.
EARL OF YPRES.
FAMOUS SOLDIER DYING.
GRADUALLY SINKING.
(Reuter's Service.)
LONDON, May 21. Tonight. the Earl of Ypres is weakening and is very gradually sinking.
EARLIER CABLES.
The Earl of Ypres enjoyed a surprising rally this morning and managed to obtain a liulė sleep.
LONDON, May 20.
An unexpected billetin stares that the Earl of Ypres is sinking, and there appears to be little hope of recovery.
London, May 21-Following the failure of the New Zealand loan the underwriters of the London County Council £6,000,000 loan at 41⁄2 per cent. y41⁄2 were saddled with 75 per cent. Dealings therein opened at 14 discount.-Reuter.
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Melbourne May 21 The P. and O. steamer Benalla has arrived with half a million sterling bullion from Capetown.--Reuter.
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HOUSE OF LORDS AND WOMEN.
PEERESSES REBUFFED,
LONDON, May 21, By the very narrow majority of 80 10 78 votes the House of Lords
Viscount Astar.
rejected the second reading of the Bill moved by Viscount Astor to enable peeresses in their own right to sit and vore in the House of Lords,
The Bill was left to a free vote.
ITALY AND GERMANY,
(Reuter's Service.)
KONE, May 21. An important pronouncement tipon the proposed guarantee pact was made by Signor Mussolini in the course of the foreign debate in the Senate. He said there could be no question of a triple pact only, but at least a quintuple pact which, with other possible pacts, should be under the aegis of the League, with Gem any as a member. He favoured granting Germany permanent seat on the League Council.
Signor Mussolini expressed the opinion that not only the frontier on the Rhine but that of the Brennero should be guaranteed. Ho was strongly opposed to au Austro- German union, on the ground that that would mean that, Germany would control the most powerful bloc in Central Europe. He added that Italy was not disturbed by President Hindenburg's election, which might lead to that concilia- tion which only firmly established Governments could effect.
ITALY'S WAR DEBTS.:
ROME, May at. M. Mussolini said that Italy's war debt was a hundred milliard lire whereof fifty milliärda was owing to America who, contrary to Press reports had not presented aisy official demand for the open ing of immediate negotiations for the liquidation of the debt, but friendly non-¿fficial conversations had occurred. Italy would do her ulmost to meet her debts as far as her erorcmic situation permitted, but in view of Italy's great sacrifices in the war and the fact that her wealth was only one,fifth of that of France and incomparable with that of Britain, Italy was entitled to something more than the most favoured nation tient- ment, and if a “meratorlum wes 'accorded other debtor nations be would ask a still longer moratorium for Italy. It was manifestly unfair to give a conquered nation, like Germany - belter fresiment- jhán one of the allies.
BOTTLED WIRELESS" WONDERS.
BRANDS A1
INVENTORS” HOPES.
Keeping Records of Great Occasions.
Almost every week some new marvel is announced in connection' with wireless, the latest being the "bottling" of the human voice for as long as a month,
EARLY STAGES.
'(Reuter's' 'Service,)
London, May 21. less, the British, Broadcasting
With reference to bottled wire Company's official says that the matter is at present only in the experimental stage. Many pro cesses are necessary.
Inventors can only claim that the voice can be atored for some hours, but further experiments stored for a month. will probably prove that it can be
The system can be worked by
WORLD LABOUR.
(Reuter's Service.)
GENEVA, May 21.
The seventh annual session of the International Labour Con- ference of the. League of Nations has opened. The Czecho-Slova- kian, Dr. Benes, was elected pre- sident. A selection committee to determine the procedure was appointed, consisting of twelve government representatives, six each employers and workers in- cluding the British, Indian and Canadian government delegates, British African "employers de legates and British workers de legates with Indian er ployers and workers delegates as substitutes.
ARMS ON LINER.
Shortly before the s.s. Empress of Russia salled for Manila yes terday, a Water Police search party effected the seizure of a quantity of contraband.
The haul consisted of nine
Mauser pistols, eight stocks 1,425 rounds of arhmunition, and 150 dos of prepared opium.
The contraband ...was claimed and there were arrests.
Installing a telephone line from the singer's house to the wireless stuclic, where. the recording machine is installed,
Thus records will be obtainable ing of Wembley. of occasions like the King's open-
Yesterday's cables stated that according to an official of the British Broadcasting Company
WIRELESS WIZARD,
To Senator Marconi la principally, due the credit for developing wire- less along the present amuzing lines.
the best programmes in Europe and America will shortly be re- layed by means of a "bottling" device now being perfected, it is. stated, by the invention of which German steel wire passing at an even speed through a magnétic field has electrical fluctuations.
thereon. caused by a microphone impressed
Speech or music is thus frozen not into the wire as it runs round the no spool, something after the man-
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Fez, May 21-General Hoesch, chief of staff of General Lyautey, stated that the arrival of reinforce ments now permits the French passing from a passive defensive 10 an active defensive. The.
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