28 DECEMBER 1962, Page 14

NEW POWER ARISING

Stn,-1 think your article under this title admirable, but I feel that one reason for the irritation Mdr: Acheson caused was—possibly purposely—olist Unlike the US, the British here and in the C°7.; monwealth and Empire have been the onlY ra- in the world to engage in the two major wars ftntli the very beginning to the very end, and while .s feel that there is a danger in our reinembering thito too much I feel there is also a danger in going the opposite extreme. Is not our present-day condition in this counir! partly due to our efforts in 1939-45 and to 07, days when we stood alone and—in this Wane especially—bore the brunt of it? rave As I have suggested already, there is g• ,h danger in our lying hack and thinking too intl'yo of it now—but might not Mr. Acheson ha P. PAIWSL't The Royal Commonwealth Soeietv, 147c'2