§ MR. REES (Montgomery Boroughs)To ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that a recent Army Department notification offers encouragement to officers, who have qualified as Russian interpreters, by way of preference in respect of certain appointments; and whether the Government contemplates giving similar encouragement, or any encouragement, to civil officers, who are, or may in future become, similarly qualified.
(Answered by Mr. Hobhouse.) Presumably the hon. Member refers to a recent Indian Army Order creating an official staff of interpreters in Russian
§ Lieutenant of Ireland what was the number of cases and of persons boycotted in Ireland on the last day of each month from February to September, inclusive, in the same form in which the information was given in Parliamentary Paper, No. 89, of the last session.
§ (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The number of cases of boycotting and of persons boycotted on the last day of the months named are as follows—
§ for Army purposes. The terms of that order do not admit of extension to civil officers, and the Secretary of State is not aware that the Government of India contemplates any similar arrangement for civilians who may possess, or hereafter acquire, a knowledge of Russian.