14 JANUARY 1949, page 16

What Is Aggression ?

Sta,—Mr. Vulliamy's letter about war criminals is a very tactless one. Most people reading it will reflect that it is not necessary to go back to Napoleon to find embarrassing......

And/or Or And Or Or Or Both

Sta,—You have in your columns so often exposed or derided the grosser forms of modern English usage that it is a matter for regret that your contributor Janus should have......

Hamstrung Hotels

Sta,—As a footnote to the exposition of the evils of the Catering Wages Regulations by " A London Hotel Manager," it might perhaps be men- tioned that it is not the public only......

Recognising Franco

Sta,—The letter of Mr. C. A. Milward on the above subject in your issue of January 7th is another indication of the powerful underground forces of reaction working continuously......

Murder In Egypt "

sm,—May I—an Egyptian—add a word or two to your well-informed comment on "murder in Egypt " in your issue of December 31st? Had the Egyptian Government dealt promptly , and......

Americans Abroad

SIR,—I was much interested to learn, from Mr. Fleming's review of Mr. Edmund Wilson's book, Europe without Baedeker in your issue of December 3rd which reached me here today,......

Indonesia

SIR,—Mr. Dennis Outwits has seized upon two of the subsidiary points which I raised in justification of the Dutch_action, but he has not refuted what was in fact the main cause......