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English: Suez City Closed In Canal Zone Moves

British authorities have closed the city of. Suez to all'but essential travelers, and ordered "the, immediate evacuation of the nearby village of Kafr Abdou. The British Command also ordered an immediate strengthening of defences of the water filtration plant outside Suez, target of a continuous 48-hour attack last week by Egyptian terrorists entrenched among the mud huts of Kafr Abdou. The desert village was half demolished last month to make the road safe to the water filtration plant, which supplies fresh water for the entire British Suez garrison. Egyptian terrorists used the remaining houses of the village as their headquarters for attacks on the plant last week. The terrorists were driven off after six British and at least 23 Egyptians had been,wounded.

A British headquarters communique said the village would be evacuated permanently and completely sealed off.

Only persons permitted to enter Suez will be those essential for public health and the safety of the town. British Commander of the Mediterranean area. General ," Sir (George Erskine, was optimistic yesterday about Bl Stain's ability to hold,the Canal area "We can and will ho'd on indefinitely," he said "My suggestion is now is the time for the Egyptians to have another look at the Four-Power defense proposal" The Egyptian Liberal-Constitutional Party yesterday charged the Government with "failure to take any leal step" to meet the situation arising from the ablogation of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty_ The party is the largest single Opposition party, though its Parliamentary strength is only about a seventh of the governing Wafd Party representation The Egyptian Foreign Ministry last night rejected the British note complaining against "certain articles in the Egyptian press "

The complaint referred to the offer by the left-wing newspaper, Al Gomhoui Al Miary, of rewards for killing General Sir George Erskine or any of his officers.