20 DECEMBER 1946, page 15

Hiroshima

SIR,—Mr. Peter Fleming's discussion of the ethics of dropping a bomb on Hiroshima might have taken a different turn had he in the course of his many travels visited the place.......

Municipal Elections

Sta,—In your note on the Socialists' abuse of power with the closed shop where they have a majority on local councils you say, " The first and best battle-ground is the......

The Way To Wisdom

SIR,—May I endorse Mr. Kenneth Lindsay's excellent article on UNESCO in your issue of December 13th? As an observer from International Student Service on the periphery of the......

The Mahdi And The Sudan

SIR, —The last thing I wish to do is to enter into controversy with an old friend like Sir Nigel Davidson, but it would seem that his opinion of the Mandi differs from that of......

Sir,—mr. Peter Fleming, As I Read His Article In Your

issue of Decem- ber 13th, would regard the difference in destructiveness between atomic and chemical bombing as being quantative rather than qualitative. • I would reverse the......

Clothes For Europe

SIR, Most of your readers will welcome, as we certainly do, the news that food parcels may now be sent to the hungry people of Europe. But the people of Europe are cold as well......