16 APRIL 1948, Page 17

RESTAURANTS AND THE COLOUR BAR

SIR,—I have been a frequenter of Rule's Restaurant in Maiden Lane for twenty years, off and on. Recently its proprietor refused admittance to a West African gentleman. The defence of this action was that customers would object to that gentleman's presence. What does this mean ? If these a priori decisions are to be taken for us by our restaurateurs, where do we eat in peace ? I, for one, shall never again