1 APRIL 1955, Page 24

SIR, — Sir Richard Acland writes: 'Two nations, and only

two, each possess, or soon will possess, the physical power to bring total and instant destruction to each other.' If so, and if, as he advocates, we refrain from making the H-bomb, in the event of war we could only stand by and watch Russia and America destroy one another. This we might do, perhaps, with a certain amount of smug satisfaction, knowing that with these two great Powers out of the way the British Com- monwealth would inherit the earth. There is, of course, much to be said for such a policy from a material point of view; but to try and make it appear a highly moral one, as Sir Richard does, is surely a little disingenuous.— Yours faithfully,