MR. J. W. LOWTHERI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what decision has been arrived at with reference to the re-establishment of the School of Student, Interpreters at Constantinople or elsewhere?
§ SIR E. GREYOwing to its expense the school at Constantinople will not be re-established. The Authorities at Oxford University have consented to give facilities for the reception and training of student interpreters in connection with those given to students destined for the Indian Civil Service. There are already Professors of Arabic and Persian at Oxford, and the University is prepared to appoint a Professor of Turkish, who would also teach modern Greek. Details as to salaries and other payments are now being considered by the Treasury.
MR. J. W. LOWTHERHas any application been received from Cambridge? Have the authorities there expressed any disinclination to establish a similar school?
§ * SIR E. GREYI am not aware that any application was made to Cambridge.