KENYA—ANOTHER VIEW
SIR,—In your Christmas number, Mr. R. B. Magor and Strix quote, as precedents for recent actions in Kenya, a number of apparent parallels from the 1939-45 War against Ger- many and Japan. In drawing this analogy, the fact that Englishmen have a direct moral responsibility for the care of all backward peoples under their control seems to have been overlooked. Is it argued that this special sense of responsibility, shared by the great pioneers who played such a vital part in making the Empire what it is, should be abjectly surrendered at the outbreak of rebel- lion, however terrible a form this takes ?
When severe and extreme punishment is called for, a conscientious parent will inflict it, but with deep anguish rather than in a light-hearted manner reminiscent of a Satur- day afternoon's sport.—Yours faithfully,
J. B. PARKER 4 Shirley Avenue, Croydon, Surrey J. B. PARKER 4 Shirley Avenue, Croydon, Surrey
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