11 MARCH 1955, Page 5

HANDSHAKE

`Ct HAKING hands with him for the first time, my feeling was of suspicion and doubt that the man whose hand I seized would respect the constitution and fulfil agreements. We ventured upon our difficult task, and doubts were gradually allayed. The true personality of the man, his greatness and sense of responsibility, began to show up, to our great relief and comfort.' The speaker is the Prime Minister of the Sudan; the occasion, a dinner to the subject of his eulogy, Sir Robert Howe, the retiring Governor-General. Considering the diffi- culties of Sir Robert's task during the past few years, he has a right to be as proud as we at home are grateful for the tribute.