29 MARCH 1924, Page 16

EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.

COULD SPEKE RETURN.—" Scipio Africanus " writes

" The article ' Could Speke Return,' in your issue of March 15th, shows rather clearly the rapidity with which things in Africa have begun to move : could your correspondent return, he would find the Mombasa trolleys a thing of the past,and two new deep-water piers, one completed and one in course of construction, not to mention fleets of native-driven Ford taxis."