11 MARCH 1938, Page 21

THE EX - GERMAN COLONIES [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Before

prejudging the question of our duty in the matter of the restoration of the Colonies in Africa ceded by Germany as a result of the Great War I urgently advise your readers to make themselves acquainted with the " Handbook prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office," No. 114, Treatment of Natives in the German Colonies. The facts and criticisms based on them are drawn in the main from official and other published sources which appeared in Germany, especially in debates in the Reichstag. A careful list of " Authorities " is appended to the documents and state- ments. The handbook is published by H.M. Stationery Office.

—Yours faithfully, W. H. WOODWARD. The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, S.W. r.