5 JULY 1940, Page 17

Sra,—It is ungenerous and unjust to gibe at the faults

of French leadership without also remembering that the war effort of the French people has been immensely greater than our own. Fair-minded British opinion recognises the responsibility of our own leadership in the past

for this fact.—Yours faithfully, A. R. CATON. 24 Lower Sloane Street, S.W. I.