HC Deb 30 July 1907 vol 179 cc768-9
MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the appointment of an Englishman to preside over the Khedivial School of Law at Cairo is due to the opinion that the students were, in large numbers, friendly to the Nationalist agitation, and had signed the recent petition for the pardon of the Denshawi prisoners.

Sir EDWARD GREY

The Answer is the negative.

MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

asked if the right hon. Gentleman was aware that in the semi-native Press, which was under British control, the statement was made which appeared in his Question.

Sir EDWARD GREY

said he was not aware that the Press was under British control.

MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

Then the right hon. Gentleman is the only Member of the House who is not aware of it.