23 APRIL 1932, Page 14

[To the Editor of the Sese - rAroa.] Sus,—Following the correspondence in

last week's Spectator it is well to have even a little more light on this tragedy, though Mr. Thompson only seems to shift the blame from General Dyer to some of the local officials on the staff who must have known it was a cub de sac and ought to have warned him. He was a stranger to Amritsar, but the others ought to have known. Even so, he ruined his case by his own defence. The worst blunder of all was the delay in starting the inquiry. Anyone with any knowledge of evidence in India knows that the only chance of getting at the truth is by immediate inquiry on the spot, before the defendants have time to concoct false evidence.—I am, Sir, &e., J. B. PENNINGTON. 70 Canterbury Road, Whitstable, Kent.