King Fuad signed a decree dissolving the Egyptian Parliament. A new election will be held on Feb. 24 and the new Parliament will meet on Mar. 6.
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...
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