20 OCTOBER 1944, Page 4

My para g raph on En g lishwomen in India has, as was to

be ex- pected, elicited various letters, both confirming the stfictures of the officer from whom I quoted and putting -a directly opposite view. I specifically repudiated any generalisation, but the presence. in India of a number of Englishwomen who are doing admirable work in no way neutralises the bad impression created by a number who—