We do not ask that Captain Colthurst should be treated
better than the men and N.C.O.'e, but we do repeat our appeal that he should not be treated worse. If, as was shown at the time, what Captain Colthurst did he did unwittingly owing to mental alter- ration, he is surely being treated either with vindictiveness or as the pawn in some base political marneuvre if ho is kept longer in Broad- moor, where all the surroundings militate against Ilia rapid recovery. His friends believe that as a matter of fact he has now completely recovered. But we do not even base our argument on that assertion. We earnestly hope that the Government will save themselves front further discredit by allowing Captain Colthurst to go to a private Home if they still feel unjustified on strictly medical grounds in ordering his unconditional release.
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