OUT OF THE EAST AND THE WAY BACK
SIR,—Mr. Walker's letter in your last issue recalls an incident which occurred towards the close of my service in Malaya which you may think of sufficient interest to deserve publication.
Soon after I assumed the duties of Treasurer and Financial Adviser in the then Federated Malay States in 1930, the late Raja Chulan came to my office for, as he put it, a friendly chat. In the course of his remarks he said, 'You know, Mr. Bradney, that although the British rule our country we Malays have always retained our pride and courage. The British Government, for their part, have always sent out gentlemen of fine character who have treated us as gentlemen, and we shall remain loyal friends of the British.'
The Malays are not only proud and brave. They are a disarming race. My official duties brought me into close contact with the Malayan Civil Service Administrative Branch. To me, at least, Raja Chulan's tribute to the British was well deserved.— Yours faithfully, GEORGE P. BRADNEY Colonial Audit Service (retired) Brad worth Lodge, Lamberhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
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