1 MARCH 1957, Page 15

CYPRUS

SIR,—You say . . there is no practicable alternative but to negotiate with Archbishop Makarios. • .'

So long as the Archbishop neglects his pious duty and declines to denounce the murderers and other evildoers among his compatriots, he shows his unfit- ness to make any contribution towards .the pacifica- tion of the island.

You also state that `. . . the British Government . . . will remain in contempt at the bar of world opinion.' Can this assertion be corroborated?—Yours faithfully, 24 Rollscourt Avenue, SE24

L. E. S. LEESE