Sir Austen Chamberlain on Pledge Concerning Troops Cairo, Mar. 9, The situation in Tantah is quiet.
Fourteen shops, eight of which are owned by British subjects, chiefly Maltese, were plundered during the rioting' yesterday, when hooligfans joined students in storming the police-station at Tuntah and tele ed their arrested comrades—Ri ter, London, Mar, 11.
Sir Austen Chamberlain reached London to-night. from Geneva, On the way he had a short conversation Jat the railway-station in Paris with, Lord Crewe.
Discussing League affairs journalists before leaving Ge the British Foreign Secretary said had been hoping to welcome Egypt as a new member in their dst, - Unfortunately the " Egyp: ian Government had rejected. the treaty which he and Sarwat Pas had together drafted. Neverthel the proposal that Britain had made to refer to the free decision of the League Council at the end of ten years the important question of the disposition of the British troops in Egypt remained on record as testi-many to the sincerity of Britain's faith in the League—British Wireless Through Reuter.
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