7 JANUARY 1949, Page 20

INDONESIA

Sirt,—I regret that in your just and reasoned leader on The Indonesian Tangle you did not censure Col. Hodgson's outrageous statement that the Dutch action in Indonesia was worse than Hitler's attack on Holland. So devoid is this statement of any basis in fact that one can only assume that it was the outcome of unthinking passion rather than of cool judgement. The time may come when Col. Hodgson and his com- patriots will be relieved to find the Dutch in power in Indonesia and not the Communists, a more than likely alternative.—Yours, &c., H. G. LYALL. The Hazels, Mount Pleasant Lane, Bricket Wood, Watford.