26 APRIL 1945, Page 14

FIGHTING TO A FINISH

Sta,—It seems probable that the Nazis have decided to fight to a finish in Holland, Denmark and Norway, and to drag those countries down with them into utter destruction and chaos. Could not much of this be avoided by a simple declaration by the Allied Governments that all prisoners high and low taken in those countries will be kept and employed there until the destruction they have caused has been completely re- paired—even if it requires twenty years to do so? The more damage they do or cause us to do, the longer will be their exile—it won't take long for such a prospect to affect even the regimented minds of German