11 APRIL 1958, Page 17

SAKIET Sia.—The letter from M. Rivaz is certainly encour- aging

because it shows that there are Frenchmen who are not prepared to accept their Government's version of the Algerian War. But where, I believe, he is mis- taken is in his conviction that most Frenchmen think on similar lines. If only they did. As Sartre pointed out some time ago, Frenchmen will think of their money and petrol before they think of their sons. Surely in their democratic country the weight of Public opinion ought to put a stop to a situation Which most of them find intolerable? If they are really so helpless it does not augur well for either France

or democracy.—Yours faithfully, GEV BURT' 29 Marlborough Road, Northampton