The Archive · 1938

Socony President

Ne York, De As toment det ling the handicaps und oil industry in te follow President of the pany of New The existir not o r operation very dificult, #nd i y cases impossible, but they cre: conditions precarious that new investments in Mexico seemed undesirable and past investments of oil companies were now seriously threatened.—Reuter.

Official quarters in London to-dav categorically denied the rumour that British troops were being moved from Palestine to Egypt because of the political crisis in Cairo, Conditions in the Egyptian capital Alexandria and the provinces are said to be calm following the change of Government.

The blue-shirted followers of Nahas Pasha, whose Government was dismissed yesterday, stole away from their camps under cover of darkness after the new Premier, Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha. had announced his intention of disarming and disbanding all coloured shirt bodies. The police this morning found the camps deserted. The Blue Shirts also silent-evacuated their headquarters, hich the police have now occupied.

Suggestions that foreign influence affecting Egyptian politics, are denied in authoritative quarters in Cairo, where it emphasized that ihe desire of both Government leaders and the people is to strengthen the bonds between Egypt and Great Britain.—Reuter.

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