1 OCTOBER 1932, Page 18

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR. ] SIR S May I suggest

that the less we refer to war-time propagandist writings on this subject, or even to what a friendly Ambassador had to say on the strength of that propaganda, the better for our self-respect ? Those par- ticular war-time falsehoods were effectively answered by Dr. Heinrich Schnee's book on German Colonization published in 1926. I personally visited three or four of the German colonies immediately before the War, and was most favourably impressed by the " efficiency and enlightenment " of their government. Would anyone have the temerity to suggest, for instance, that the natives of Samoa are happier or better governed to-day than they were under the German