1 MAY 1982, Page 19

Warlike

Sir: The wholly admirable reactions of the British public to the Argentinian insolence remind me of a reported conversation bet- ween a British general and one of his Ger- man counter-parts after the first world war. The trouble with the German nation, the British general remarked, was that it was so damned warlike. 'You are incorrect, General', replied the other. 'We Germans are only a military race. It is you British who are warlike'.

I hope the Argentinian military leaders understand the difference.

E. N. Edwards

P.O. Box 238, Port Aransas, Texas, USA