4 JUNE 1948, Page 18

AFRIKANDERS

Sn1,—In Professor Walker's article, Smuts or Malan? in The Spectator frequent reference is made to Afrikanders. I have always understood that this is the name of a species of cattle, and that the Afrikaans-speaking population of South Africa are Afrikaners. Indeed, South Africans are jealous of the distinction.—Yours