26 OCTOBER 1945, Page 4

The future constitution, indeed the whole general future, of Malta,

which has established a commanding hold on British sympathy and admiration, is more or less in the melting-pot. An old resident of the island makes a suggestion which seems sufficiently interesting to pass on. Malta, he observes, has almost always had military men as Governors. They have done well enough, but Malta's link with Britain is the Royal Navy. Numbers of Admirals have been familiar with it for years. Why not a naval man as Governor for once? The idea is obviously sensible. Sir William Fisher, to take one name at random, would have filled the post admirably. * * * *