29 SEPTEMBER 1944, Page 13

Snt,—We can all accept Mr. Ian McDougall's assurance in his

last week's letter to you that in Southern Rhodesia he and his father, like other friends of the African native, have been " determined to benefit the 'downtrodden' savage." But what precisely does he mean when he adds "the missionary is our biggest enemy "? Is the good thing which the missionary brings the natives, viz., Christianity, bad for the natives? Was David Livingstone's missionary labour among South Africans injurious to them? Did the Christian missionaries who planted the Faith in Great Britain for Mr. McDougall's and our country's benefit act as his enemies? Was St. Paul the enemy of Europe when he brought the knowledge of