HOLA
SIR,—At last. An honest appraisal of the facts behind that terrible `ikame HOLA. Together with a recognition of just one man's effort since the tragedy of the Mau Mau blight upon Kenya.
I had despaired of ever seeing—in print—a balanced view of at least that small portion of Kenya's most recent history.
Those who like myself helped for a while to pro- tect the Kikuyu from the savage onslaught of the Mau Mau knew the problems to be faced after the military defeat, and I, for one, have watched with sickening despair the failure in this country to understand the aftermath of an intestine war.
Mistakes are made, but they are made by human beings; and no matter how much they are smeared, even the `white settler' deserves a little honest con- sideration.
had the pleasure and honour to serve among them, including Arnold Hopf, whom I claim as a friend, and if only you were to publish more articles of this calibre ('The Man from Buchenwald'), you could actually assist Kenya to solve its problems. So I say let us have a little old-fashioned integrity, spit out the bile of fashionable colour neuroses and find a few more Victor Gordons.—Yours faithfully,
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