16 AUGUST 1924, Page 2

Alrthe evidence indicates that the riots, which occurred almost simultaneously .

at places far distant from' one another, were due to external influences. It is natural to suppose that the' White 'Flag Society, which is -sub- sidized from Cairo and whose object is to bring the Sudan ' under Egyptilm rule, is again at work. The chief danger, .as the. Times. points out, is that some of the religious Moslem leaders of the Sudan may be brought into the movement. If the disturbances were designed by Egyptian • politicians to Coincide with the visit of Zaghlul Pasha to London, the scheme may have been thought opportune, and yet it may turn out to have been the most inopportune thing that could possibly have happened. * * * *