3 OCTOBER 1952, Page 20

Herr or Doctor

SIR,—When the B.B.C. were taken to task a few months ago over their habit of calling" the West German Chancellor Herr Adenauer, they explained, if 1 remember rightly, that they reserved the title of doctor for medical men only. Since then they have been saying Doctor Schacht, Doctor Moussadek, Doctor Figl and Doctor Malan, to mention only a few of the non-medical doctors in the news today. So why on earth do they persist in referring to Doctor Adenauer as Herr Adenauer?—Yours faithfully, JOHN A. INGRAM. Vincent House, Petnliridge Square, W.2.