11 APRIL 1947, Page 17

ANGLO-SAXON OR CELT

SIR,—Major Johnston, in his too kind review of my Strategy in the Second World War, accuses me of "Saxon tactlessness" in describing General Henry Lloyd as an Englishman. May I say that I intended no disrespect to the inhabitants of Wales? I merely adopted the description of Lloyd that is, I think, invariable in the records. The term " Briton " (though strictly applicable to a Welshman) sounds pedantic or poetical. (Rhymesters find difficulty with the three-syllable "Englishman.") "Englishman" is a loose but convenient generic term for the inhabitants of this island.—