20 SEPTEMBER 1957, Page 7

THE Daily Telegraph's decision to keep its corre- spondent, Ian

Colvin, out of Ghana is sensible; that country is passing through a phase when it is unwise for non-nationals to try to take their stand there on principles or rights. Not every adolescent who is allowed a latchkey becomes respongible overnight; what is happening in Ghana is under- standable, in view of her past, and of Nkrumah's sometimes regrettable choice of advisers. With any luck things will sort themselves out there soon enough.