16 NOVEMBER 1918, Page 10

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In the discussion

regarding " freedom of the seas," it may be well perhaps to recall what the British Navy has done to secure this end (1) in abolishing the slave trade; (2) in the suppression of piracy, especially in the China Seas; (3) in the discovery of the hidden dangers of the sea by surveying vessels, the results of whose work have been published to the world by our Admiralty. It would be interesting to learn what Germany has done for the "freedom of the land."—I am, Sir, Jac., Silwood, The Park, Cheltenham. W. R. CARLE&