Dastardly Attempt

While saluting a Cairo crowd from the train which was to take him to Alexandria for a reception of King Fuad, Egyptian Premier Saad Zaghlul Pasha was shot by a young student from a distance of three yards.

It was at first thought that the Premier had been fatally wounded, but subsequent investigation showed that the bullet had merely gone through the fleshy part of his right forearm and skinned the chest muscles of his right side.

The great crowd that had assembled to bid au revoir to the Premier was infuriated by the dastardly attempt upon his life. The would-be killer was seized and severely man-handled before the police were able to effect his rescue. In custody, the young student gave his name as Abd el Khadir, aged 20; said he had lately come from Germany to Egypt; that he tried to kill the Premier in order to prevent Anglo-Egyptian negotiations*over the Sudan and because the Premier had described the British Parliament as just and honorable.

*Refers to meeting between Premiers Ramsay MacDonald and Zaghlul Pasha arranged to take place in London later in the Summer.