28 MAY 1937, Page 21

"TWO LEAVES AND A BUD" [To the Editor of THE

SPECTATOR.] SIR,-It has been represented to me that I May have caused some misunderstanding by my review of Mulk Raj Anand's book, Two Leaves and a Bud, in your issue of April 30th, and especially by my remarks on the cruelty of the system of indentured labour. I should certainly have pointed out that the penal sanctions attached to the contracts entered into by the coolies in Assarn have been abolished by the withdrawal of the penal provisions of the Assam Labour and Emigration Act and the repeal in 1925 of the Indian Workmen's Breach of Contract Act.—Yours faithfully, GORONWY REES. - All Souls College, Oxford.