24 MAY 1946, Page 13

TRANSYLVANIA

Sue,—Is it just, wise or compatible with the provisions of the Atlantic Charter to award the whole of Transylvania to Rumania? Not even that part of this province which is adjacent to .Hungary and is populated entirely by Hungarians—with -large-. towns like Arad, Szatmer -and

Nagyvid—has been left to its ancient mother-country. It would be interesting to know what motives of expediency prompted the Big Four in taking their decision. It would surely have been preferable to submit this contentious question to the impartial judgement of all nations sitting in council. It is indeed a tragedy that on one of the few occasions when the Big Four find themselves in agreement they reach an un- justifiable decision.—Yours faithfully, PAUL DE HEVESY. 9 Sussex Lodge, W. 2.