19 APRIL 1946, Page 14

" SHARP PRACTICE IN MALAYA "

Sta,—In stating that the Malay States used to be politically dependent Sir Richard Winstedt is obviously correct, but when he continues to say that they were juridically independent he surely overlooks the fact that since 1905 an appeal has lain to the Privy Council from the Court of Appeal of the Federated Malay States, and subsequent Orders in Council extended the same right to the unfederated States.—Yours faithfully,