As Britain's Commissioner General for all of British Southeast Asia, breezy, affable Malcolm MacDonald, son of the late Laborite Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, is a most un-pukka sahib. He never dresses for dinner in the jungle, and is not afraid to be seen in slacks, sport shirts, or swimming trunksor even in the company of Asians.
Many an Asian finds this relaxed façade of imperial might reassuring, but many a clubman in London finds it an affront to the dignity of empire. Last week the Churchill government announced Mac-Donald's reappointment as Britain's Southeast Asian proconsul for another year. At about...
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