20 FEBRUARY 1932, Page 30

• personae : One Pillar of the British Empire, One

Junior , • Ditto, One Educated Half-Caste, One Native Girl, One ' Comic Hotel-Keeper, One Wicked Peer and One Vamp.

Chorus of Soldiers and Natives. The plot is even cruder than usual. But the dialogue goes with a swing, and the not-too-exacting reader will find no ground for complaint,