23 FEBRUARY 1945, Page 13

THE CRIMEAN CONFERENCE SIR,—A somewhat surprising omission from the proceedings

of the Crimea Conference is the absence of a call to the German people to do what lies in their power to atone for the shame and disgrace which their leaders have brought upon Germany, by bringing the guilty to justice—the better way, as :he Prime Minister once said. By now dis- illusionment is widespread, even in the ranks of the Nazi Party, and out of disillusionment will grow hatred for those responsible for prolonging the miseries which are overtaking all classes of the community. Willing-. ness to atone should be a condition of the hope of a decent life for the Germans and a place for them in the comity of nations which the Allies