Show KING FUAD DIES I SON TAKES RULE CAIRO April 28 UP UP Kin Kins g Fuad Z I ninth sovereign of ot of the present Egyptian dynasty died today today today to to- day In the fifteenth year of ot his reign A at 68 years of ot age Prince Farouk his 16 year old year old only aon about to le leave ve London for Cairo automatically succeeded him to reign under a regency headed by Prince Mohammed AH AU his t third cousin The kinga funeral will be held Thursday Long In HI Ili Health King Fund Fuad died after a 8 long period period pe pe- o of ill health partly due to the great strain of ot the political situation situation situation situa situa- tion with leaders battling always over relations with Great Britain Britain the dominant nationalists demandIng demanding demanding demand demand- ing absolute independence and as as- asserting that Britain ln dominated dory Egypt bec because use of Its Vital Importance tance In the Mediterranean commanding commanding commanding com manding as u It does docs the tho approaches to the Suez canal conal running through It Fuad lapsed Into coma yesterday after summoning his daughters to his bedside where Queen Kaill Nazli was WS constantly constanty beside him Prince Farouk was as summoned to Cairo by bi telephone lat late last lost night He has bas been living in a great home in th the London environs under close guard to be educated by a selected staff of ot tutors and disciplinarians K d British Tower rower The latter part of ot Fuad's reign reign- mainly because the grew h in strength almost dally was daily yas little mUe littlemore littlemore more more mora than a faintly concealed dictatorship dictatorship dictatorship dic dic- in his own palace Although King Fuad made It his business to preserve good relations with Great Britain he always ways relented relented re- re tented bitterly Britain's ultimate controlling hand in Eg Egyptian af at- fairs fair He never forgot that Britain collaborated with to force his surrender of ot many cherished cher prerogatives in in- inthe the constitution constitution constitution tion he granted ed in 1923 |