Show GERMANS S FAIL TO 10 CUL TURKS Ottomans Prefer English to Tongue of Erstwhile Po Power Po ser Constantinople le June Juna fl The 6 The Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans ha e failed In their effort to stamp their culture upon the Turk and Instead the English language in is be beginning beginning be- be E- E ginning c to rank next to French in the commercial life lite o of tho the Levant In the war period German language schools were opened throughout Constantinople Constantinople Con Con- in which German officers w were re required to teach and nud German papers papers papers pa pa- pers were circulated d by all possible means menns But BUl tho the r results wore were almost nil Most Moct of tho the schools were free freo and antl failed tailed to attract better classes and French was too strongly entrenched ac aD the thc lan language of at trade and social intercourse Intercourse to be displaced Since the armistice Italians have ha been work working Ins Industriously to popularize popularize popularize their language and literature Italian Hallan officers are aro now teaching In schools as tho the Germans did But their schools are well attended only in the tho poorer parts of oC the tho elt city Turkish is 18 but little us used d In important Important Important tant commercial transactions In Constantinople Con Con- as nearl nearly all nil business men of uC whatever n nationality speak p tle French rench i Tho Thu who e have been l la lu business a. a In Turkey for years generally trans trans- I net oct their business In French Since the war however there hao haD ht horn n n a great Influx of American traders traders trad trad- ers who kno know on only 1 English an and the tho steady stream of oC American ships comIng coming coming com com- ing to Constantinople with En English English- speaking urea's creus s na os well as American Re Rod Cross Crosa workers and American and English relief relict workers of various sorts line hat created a greater demand for tor the English language For years earK the tho English Eng Eng- I lish have ha maintained a boys boys' high school in Constantinople Robert nobert collego collego collego col- col lego and the Constantinople college for women both American Institutions have havo done much to advance ud English o aaa an as ana asa a medium for tOI higher education And now the tho Young Mens Men's Christian association asso asso- association elation and Young Youn Women's Christian association are arc offering a variety of or ora cay a and night classes cs for persons de desiring do- do siring to acquire English Engli h. h |