13 DECEMBER 1946, Page 15

SIR,—My friend. Mr. N. R. Udal, queries my charge of

maladministration against the Mandi on the ground that, as he died within six months of Gordon's death, he had no time to maladminister. But the Mandi was master of the Sudan south of Berber for nearly two years before that. He inaugurated the tyranny which ended in chaos and catastrophe ; and he selected as his successor an ignorant and brutal tyrant. Perhaps mal- administration was not the right word.—I am, Sir, yours faithfully,