BRITONS IN PAKISTAN
SIR,—Having recently returned from the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, which Mr. Close so admirably describes in The Spectator of January 7th, I should like to underline all he says about " the sense of being needed" and welcomed today. He refers to the " few missionaries " who are still there. They are indeed far too few, and they have never been more appreciated than they are bow. Exactly a year ago I had occasion to motor from Bannu to Tank, through disturbed country. I was driven by Dr. Arthur Iliff, a C.M.S. missionary. Time after time we were stopped by tribesmen who recognised the doctor's car and intercepted him to ask after some relation he was treating, or simply to pass the time of day with an old friend who speaks their languages perfectly. Nor could anyone fail to be impressed by the position which three lady missionaries occupy at the place I was bound for—the frontier town of Tank. For over twenty years they have built up a hospital there and were, even when conditions were most unsettled, as safe as if they had been at the heart of civilisation, because of the affection and respect which they have won.
There must be younger men and women with educational and medical qualifications who would like to go and help carry on this satisfying and rewarding work. The Church Missionary Society has need of such, and the people of the hills will welcome them.—Yours faithfully,
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