3 JULY 1964, Page 12

SIR,—Your story of how General Haynau was v, el- corned

in Southwark is of interest, but his visit to Barclay's brewery and its aftermath is, I think, of far greater importance. When visiting this establish- ment, famed for its mechanical production lines. Haynau was beaten up by the workers, mindful of his brutality at Brescia and over the whole of Hungary. The Austrian Ambassador, Schwarzenberg, went round to the Foreign Office to complain, but the act so pleased the officials there that they could barely conceal their smiles, so they explained that there was really nothing Her Majesty's Government could do in the way of punishment. Even govern- ments, it would seem, sometimes endorse popular demonstrations JOHN ALEXANDER 56 North End House, WI4