27 SEPTEMBER 1946, Page 13

WELL-EDUCATED GERMAN PRISONERS

Sm,—I fail to see why Janus should be so surprised that a third of his audience of German prisoners could understand him. In fact, his whole account throws an interesting light on the educational systems of Germany and England, in that so many Germans understood him and he was unable to address them in their own language.—Yours faithfully, 6 George Street, Great Driffield, East Yorkshire.

R. P. DELLING.

[Janus writes: Unless, as seems probable, many of the Germans learnt their English while prisoners.1