17 JUNE 1938, Page 23

HOLIDAYS IN AUSTRIA ?

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—The article of your correspondent, headed as above, raises the query only from the point of view of safety and comfort.

Surely the major consideration for right-minded British and American folk is not whether the country is safe and comfortable, but whether it is right in principle to contribute to the Armaments programme of Germany by visiting Austria now, however much their sympathies may be extended to the Austrians, as a pleasant and pro-British people.—Yours