The charges brought against the Government of Kenya, accused flatly
by Mr. D. N. Pritt of opening his letters and listening in to his telephone conversations, were part of a really astonishing performance. The actual words, according to ‘ The Times, were ' every conversation we have is listened to and every letter is read." Counsel for the prosecution having categorically denied this, Mr. Pritt made the astonishing reply that if the Government was not listening to his telephone con- versations and opening his letters " then the whole of my personal political experience is standing on its head." When the presiding magistrate said he would regret to learn that any- thing of the kind had been happening, and that there was no evidence for any such suggestion, Mr. Pritt replied with the utmost simplicity that he had no idea he was suggesting any- thing unusual; it never occurred to him that the Kenya Govern- ment was not taking reasonable precautions, All this may be in accordance with the best traditions of the British Bar. If so I must study the traditions of the British Bar more closely.
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