Mr. Cowley And The
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Tongans
Letter to the Editor SINCE when has vitriolic vituperation earned the right to be deemed a “reply”, “bitter” or sweet, to a rea soned, logical refutation of an untenable proposition?
“Malimali Loto’s” letter, in your Feb ruary issue, easily takes first place as an example of the classic aphorism: “No case—abuse defendant’s counsel”. Mr.
Cowley’s mind, as exemplified by his atti tude towards the Tongan, both intellectu ally and materially, is so well-known to your readers that there is no need to attempt defence. Mr. Cowley certainly does not possess that “type of mind” which will resort to a tirade of personal abuse, and expect readers of the “Pacific Islands Monthly” to accept it as a “reply” to reasoned controversy.
I am, etc.,
A. Cowley.
Nukualofa, Tonga, 4/4/1940.
MISS F. MATHIESON, a member of the N.G. Administration staff at Sala maua, New Guinea, arrived in Aus tralia last month on leave.