27 NOVEMBER 1936, Page 20

THE ARABS AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE [To the Editor of

THE SPECTATOR.]

Sm,—Miss Blyth's story was derogatory to the British officer and the Jews who were made to figure in it ; her insistence on having it accepted while she shirks an impartial enquiry into its truth, is derogatory to the intelligence of your readers.—I am, Sir, The Athenaeum, London, S.W.1. L. B. NAMIER.