Double error
Sir: Gurkhas are not Indian: they are Nepalese. Not only does von Hoffman n°t know this, he doesn't know LiPPrrlann doesn't know it either, though. in the ad of praising his hero's knowledge (28 Febrik ary). Did neither wonder how nationals of the world's largest neutralist nation came t° be famous before and after Indian inctependence for their extensive elite service in the British army? No, of course not. Poor Lippmann is and was so wet that not until the end of his long and honoured career as a journalist did he realise that a politician invariably patronises a journalist solely to use him — good journalists, accepting this fact of life, take care to get value in information for services rendered. Bad ones settle for flattery and conceit.
Geoffrey Stone 82 Archery Road, London SE9
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