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Show EGYPTIAN PORT GETSWARSHIPS BRITISH SEND WARSHIPS TO FORCil DEMAND MADE OF GOVERNMENT Premier and Government Resigns Immediately After 500,000 Pounds Are Paid to Great Britain Cairo, Just fifteen minutes? before expiration of the time limit set in a British ultimatum the Egyptian government gov-ernment nt 11:45 a. m. Monday paid Great Britain 500,000 pounds as indemnity in-demnity for the assassination of Sir Lee Suck, sirdar of the Egyptian army. The government headed by Zagloul Pasha then resigned. The King Fuad s-ummoned Ziwar Pasha, president of the senate, who consented to form a cabinet. Payment of the sum (nearly $2,-500,000) $2,-500,000) which severely taxed the Eryptian treasury, was made under the guns of a British warship, the Benbow, which arrived at Alexandria. The check was accompanied by a brief note protecting that some of Britain's other demands, delivered by Lord Allenby as a result of the fatal attack upon the sirdar, were unjustifiable. Accordingly British troops were ordered to occupy the cus!o:is houses at Alexandria as- "a first measure." The ultimatum delivered by Lord Allenby contained seven demands and threatened appropriate measures if j they were not complied with within twenty four hours. This time limit ' expired and a new note was present I cd, ('emar.dir.g the payment of the in- j ilomnity. I Ore of Britain's supplementary do mands was that 1' u0 pounds- (near-i (near-i 'y J.-.IH i Le paid to a native police I man who was wounded while pursu-, pursu-, ing Sir Lee Stack's assassins after : the sirdar h:.d bten fatally shot. The ; Egyptian goverr.nunt paid this- sum and Lord Allenby went personally to the hospital nr.d gave the money to the policeman. Resigraf.on if Prtmier Pa-ha had t-.'ea a foregone conclusion, because the 'Briti.-h note Utterly critici.-ed I the Egyptian government's laxity toward extremist demonstrations and : the arou -ing of ar.ti Bri:i.-h pas.-ior.s such a.s led to the murder of Stack. The government remained in office iu.-t long enough to meet the most pressing of the British demands. Two of the e were met the indemnity, ; which probably will h- divided be tweon Sir Lee's family and benevel cnt institutions in the Soudan, wa j paid and n:i apology w .as. tendenci. j But the situation is far from easy, j for the Egyptian government i fussd to accept l ospon: i'n;l :ty for the mut dor nnd protested that seme of liritain's- other demands, having to do with withdrawal of Egyptian officers sod troops from the Soudan, were unjust;'.' ii d. |