23 NOVEMBER 1956, Page 19

SIR,—May I ask Mr. Angus Maude four ques- tions? If

the British Government, as he sug- gests, insists on remaining in Egypt, in defiance of the United Nations, and this leads to war with the Arab States, what nations are bound, by treaty, to support them and what nations are similarly bound to aid us? Why, in view of our experiences in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus, doe's he think that this would be 'a quick, clean,

surgical operation'? What effects is it- likely to have on the Commonwealth? Does he con- sider that a situation which may result in a world war can be adequately described as 'a game of poker'?—Yours faithfully,

DONALD DEY

Glenerichty, Calvine, Perthshire, Scotland