§ 12. Mr. MILLSasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, shortly before Zaghloul Pasha was arrested, instructions were issued by the Ministry of the Interior at Cairo to Mr. Milton, the headmaster of the school at Assiut, to dismiss the students and convert the school into barracks for the soldiers stationed there and for the reception of other drafts which might replace them during the winter months; and who was responsible for issuing such an order since at the time that the order was issued no Egyptian Ministry existed?
Mr. HARMSWORTHI have no information as to the measures taken to provide accommodation for troops at Assiut.
§ Mr. MILLSWill the hon. Member take steps to find out? Does he not see that it is very necessary to find out whether or not orders were given for the school to be closed for the whole winter because of an apparent emergency?
Mr. HARMSWORTHI am very unwilling to trouble the Egyptian Government. The hon. Member has asked a question which would make very considerable demands on time.