28 MARCH 1952, Page 5

Is find I am by no means the only person

who feels strongly on the refusal of the B.B.C. News Department to refer to the German Chancellor as anything but Herr Adenauer. From one quarter comes the question why the B.B.C. rightly accords to Dr. Malan and Dr. Moussadek the prefix which it wrongly denies to Dr. Adenauer; from another the important reminder that in the official announcement of the ceremonial of King George VI's funeral the German Chancellor figures as " H.E. Dr. Konrad Adenauer." Is that high enough authority for Broadcasting House ? * *