13 OCTOBER 1939, Page 20

THE ONLY GERMANY

SIR,—Mr. H. C. Haycraft cites the position of Poland in 1772, and points out—quite truly—that East Prussia was in origin a Prussian colony. But surely no one will suggest the neces- sity of restoring the status quo ante 1772. If so, what are we to do about the United States of America, which then was a