Sta,—I have recently read last week's article in the Spectator,
Four Races in Kenya, by M. F. Hill, and I must write and say that it is my im- pression after a stay of one year in the country that few of the Europeans looked at the racial problems with so tolerant or informed minds as Mr. Hill of Nakuru. Rather do I remember, when I even ventured to question the status of the native, the crushing, " Yes, of course you're just out from England ; you wait till you've been out here a little longer! " Or the European who exploded with, "And then some fool gets up in Parliament and asks ' Is the Minister aware that two natives were beaten to death by an Indian at Rumuruti in Kenya six weeks ago and that nothing has yet been done to bring the offender to justice ? Is this how we observe the Charter of Human Rights ? " The attitude shown by these remarks is, I am afraid, far far behind Mr. Hill's.—
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