7 JUNE 1946, Page 14

INDIA AND THE EMPIRE

Sig,—Field-Marshal Smuts, in his recent broadcast on Imperial unity, forgot to mention that in his own country no Indian can take up mining, engineering or building. He cannot be an -architect, a surveyor, an accountant or a chemist. This seems to be a somewhat ironic com- mentary on the Cabinet Mission's offer of " free and equal partnership within the Empire " to India.—Yours, &C., H. G. RanniNsot.r.