| Show EGYPT EGYPT'S BOY BY KING King Farouk I Old Year Monarch Marries the Fairest Flower of His Land La u in Elaborate Ceremonies Climaxing Royal Romance By JOSEPH W LaBINE For several centuries Egyptians have forgotten their illustrious national background Their ancestors threw Brit Brit- British Brit Brit- British ish troops into the sea and fought all Europe during the Cru Cru- Crusades Cru- Cru Crusades Indeed is not Egypt the center of the world and mother of civilization Egypt's awakening dates back only a few years Her passionate revival of nationalistic feeling is a still more recent development hastened by the ascension of a boy king who is just now beginning to feel his strength King Farouk I is 18 8 years old not so young young as to be putty in the hands of a scheming premier nor on old enough to be very diplomatic Thus far his ultimate ambi ambi- ambitions ambitions are not very clear But the powerful National party has been driven from the cabinet and an allegedly pro-Fascist pro governing body has replaced it King Farouk ascended to the throne in 1936 1036 following the death of his father the diplomatic King Fuad who man ged to maintain his power without bowing too deeply before the strongly democratic If Farouk were older he would probably follow a similar strategy instead of attempt attempt- attempting attempting ing to safeguard his power by liquidating the Although street riots be be- be between between tween and stu stu- stu students students pro-Farouk pro university dents have been common the past few months a truce has been called until the current tourist season is over And tourists are swarming through Cairo right now because the boy king is taking unto himself a wife TIle The Bride Is Ls Pretty Preparations for the elaborate marriage ceremony starting Janu Janu- January Janu- Janu January ary 20 have been under way for months The bride is comely Miss Farida The Only One Zulfikar daughter of Zulfikar Pasha senior justice of the mixed court I of Alexandria Like a previous queen of Egypt Cleopatra by name Queen name Queen Farida is among the fairest in the land The name Fa- Fa FaGI GI s i 6 n u- u un 4 Egyptians say ling lang Farouk's features resemble those of or King II who also mount mount- mounted mounted ed the throne at the age of or eighteen In 1417 BC B C rida was bestowed on her by Fa rouk replacing her given name of Sasi Sash Naz Her lIer mother was a lady- lady waiting in-waiting at the royal palace She is a spirited and talented girl It is reported beautiful to the ex t and the personification of legendary Egyptian charm The royal romance resulted from a childhood friendship between Fari Far FarIda Farda da and Farouk's four sisters Early last year when the royal family visited Switzerland they took the new queen along Romance bud bud- budded budded ded in the Alps Actually King Farouk will not be eighteen until February 11 But he heis heis is already more than six feet tall Egyptian press agents claim he has a finely trained mind a strong and stalwart physique Like monarchs of old Farouk has been trained from birth to the arduous ous duties of kingship His child child- childhood childhood hood although happy was not as carefree as that of children born to toa toa a less exalted destiny He was taught the necessity of punctilious courtesy to bow acknowledgements and return salutes all a part of the burden of responsibility which was destined to fall on his shoulders shoulders ders Find Historic Parallel may have some reason to believe their new king is being impressed with his importance It has been conveniently discovered Fy s a li s c r s a dk t The new queen of Egypt pt pretty Miss Farida car year seventeen old daughter of an Egyptian judge with wills whom nhom Farouk fell in love during Do a trip to Switzerland last year that he is Egypt's first independent native ruler since Cleopatra who defeated Mark Marlc Antony with her wiles and Julius Caesar with her army Many Egyptians believe the Pharaohs have sent a message to King Farouk and his people pre pre- preordaining pre pre- preordaining ordaining a glorious reign This belief was confirmed by bythe bythe the discovery on October 20 1936 of the great stele gravestone of II who is now alleged to have ascended the throne of Egypt on his eighteenth birthday in 1447 B C Egyptian columnists have taken this as an almost unbelievable able omen of good will for Farouk What thousands of are arenow arenow now wondering is whether King Fa Fa- Fa Farouk Farouk rouk will continue to parallel the il il- il illustrious illustrious career by byes es- es establishing es autocratic rule What Great Britain wonders Is whether the crafty Mussolini has been edu edu- educating cating Faroul Farouk along Italian Fascist lines Certainly II 11 Duce has been extending his sway throughout North Africa possibly he also has ambitions in Egypt Recent events bear out this belief The When Farouk came to power his his premier was Ali All Maher Pasha anti- anti royal advisor of pf the late King Fuad The were happy when Ali Maher was shoved into the senate giving the strongly democratic Premier Mustafa Pasha a n likely mely monopoly on royal advice But a few weeks ago Ali All Maher was removed remo from the sen sen- senate sen- sen senate ate and again agan named royal advisor The clashed with pro-Farouk pro student groups in the streets of Cairo in protest of the move It was th the 5 kings icings first down down- downright downright right hostile mo move against the Later came a clash lash over appoint ment of Ali AU Mahers Maher's successor In S r ri rr rN i r 1 N c i Ii XV w t Said to be the first independent king Egypt has had since the days das of Cleopatra King Kins Farouk I Isn't content with ith merely sitting silting on the life throne lIe He also wants to rule the senate Farouk refusing to ap ap- ap approve approve prove the majority's nominee A few days later he declined to sign a bill authorizing expenditure of funds for suppression of foreign propaganda demanding an account account- accounting accounting ing for every cent T i Eventually was forced to resign when his differences with Fa Fa- Fa Farouk Farouk rouk failed to dissolve under arbitration arbi arbi- arbitration In his place Farouk ap ap- ap appointed appointed pointed Mahmoud Pasha whose private private vate army the army the have have often clashed with Blue- Blue shirts With so many shirts flying fly fly fly- flying ing through Cairo it was quite ob ob- ob obvious obvious that somebody was going to lose one A few days before b fore his forced resignation had or or- or ordered ordered dered dissolution of the Green Green- shirts Mahmoud in turn not only abolished the but also all other shirts Whether this wise move will stop the rioting remains to be seen I Fascist Trends Apparent Great Britain is justified in be be- be beIng beIng I ing doubtful ul about Premier Mah Mah- Mahmoud Mah- Mah Mahmoud moud Although he has given ev ev- ev every every ery assurance that his new cabinet embraces the policy of friendship for Britain there is too much Fas Fas- Fascist Fas- Fas Fascist cist zeal in the patriotic slogans of Mahmoud and his followers Egyptians Egyptians are encouraged to despise ev ev- ev everything everything foreign to speak only in Arabic to buy only from Egyptians I and to keep as their motto some some- someI something something I thing like Allah the Fatherland and the King Kingl Still another Fascist note paradoxical though it may be Is the determination determination nation to defend democracy with an organization that is itself Fascist on the surface Great Britain realizes that Egypt EgyptI I Is in the center of a political hot hot- hotbed bed In Libya along the Egyptian frontier Italy has placed highly- highly mechanized army units Arabs throughout the Near East are aroused by England's policy in Pal Pal- Palestine Palestine estine King Farouk's latest attempt to drive the from power was an order dismissing the highly dem dem- democratic dem- dem democratic parliament for one month The order followed close upon the heels of dismissal as pre pre pre- premier mier but its immediate end was merely confusion As the chamber speaker was about to read Farouk's order irate jumped to his feet and began to protest Police were called the lights turned out and the parliamentarians stumbled to the streets could smile however for he had won temporary success The dismissal order had hadnot hadnot not been finished Election in Offing Scheduled almost at the same time as the royal wedding is a new parliamentary election in which King Farouk and Premier Mah lah Mah- Mah Mahmoud moud hope to see the de de- de defeated At present the has deputies out ut of the total of and 94 senators out of If this great majority is wiped out Egypt's democratic government may be on the way to disaster Among plans already announced by Premier Mahmoud is enlargement enlarge enlarge- enlargement ment of the army from to 50 Even troops would be bean bean an unimportant stumbling block to any invader who might covet Egypt Therefore observers believe the military expansion is for in- in internal in defense of Farouk and the palace government Built swiftly it would be a loyal army ready to todo todo do the bidding of its king and pre pre- premier pre pre- premier mier With Wilh such a force behind them Farouk and Mahmoud might successfully eliminate the competition But perhaps the influence in of his beautiful young oung wife wiCe will help paci paci- pacify pacify fy the boy king Possessed with the idealism of adolescence Farouk is possibly going through a period when he wants to play with his power pO to be as strong as the pha pharaohs of old 0 e lern Union |
