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Zaghlul Pasha and five of his extreme Nationalist colleagues, who

had been arrested, were deported to Ceylon last week. It is reported that order has been restored in Egypt and that the political strikes have ceased. The moderate Nationalists are, however, holding aloof from the administration, which is entrusted to a non-political Ministry. It remains to be seen whether the removal of Zaghlul, the head of the anti-British agitation, will embolden the more reasonable Egyptian poli- ticiane to make .a fresh attempt to come to terms with the protecting Power.