Mar, 24.
'The King and Queen of Afghaniatan motored to-day to Oxford, where the honorary degree of Doc-for of Civil Law was conferred apon' King' Amanullah with tradi-tonal ceremony, The proceedings were conducted, as usual, entirely Latin, Their Majesties were entertained at lunch by Lord Birkenhead, High Steward of Oxford Univ absence, through cellor of the University.
Lord Birkenhead made an inter-sting announcement, He said: "It is, I believe, the purpose of King Amanullah to found a university Kabul to be the centre of culture and learning in that part of Asia and 40 revive the glories of a won erful past. More than 1,000 years ago there flourished near the banks of the river Oxus, in. Northern instan, the world-famed Uni-of Bactria, History relates that this illustrious city of lcarn-{ing was razed to the ground by the all-destroying Genghiz Kahn, the world conqueror,, ruthless and_unpitying "We in Oxford shall follow the execution of King Amanullah's Mluminating conception with warm sympathy und interest. It may even be that the Queen of Atihanisfan's brother, who isshere among Us today as an undergraduate, may ye to become the first Vice-Chan-feller of this university, Te is not easy for us in twentieth-century England to realize what deep-seated aiéiculties King Amanuilah has been fied on to face, and has steadfastly confronted," to promote the cause of learning in his far-away house."
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