10 MAY 1940, Page 6

The Editor of the Daily Sketch, defending (in a letter

to 7-; e Times) the publication by his paper of a statement that Capta,n Peter Fleming had been killed in Notway, writes: "The definite statement that Captain Fleming had been killed appeared only in one limited edition of the Daily Sketch. Immediately we learned that there was any doubt about the news, we gave the heading 'Captain Fleming Reported Killed in Norway.' We must give our readers credit for some intelligence. Such a heading would not cause the most sen- sitive of Captain Fleming's relatives more than a momentary apprehension."

Of course not. They would think it rather fun.

. JArnis. . JArnis.