WHICH WAR? WHICH COUNTRY?
Sri,—With reference to Mr. St. John Ervine's attack on Mr. Harold Nicolson in your last issue, I wonder if he is altogether fair to your contributor?
Unless my memory is at fault, both the major and the private of the tale were serving in the " English " Army, and so Mr. Nicolson was obviously referring to some incident which rook place before the year 1707; perhaps these two warriors were engaged in that very war which your contributor " Strategicus " has been delightfully depicting for some weeks.
Neither writer would, I feel certain, expressing as they do such exalted views and ideals, be guilty of ignoring a formal treaty entered upon by their own country. Their sense of justice and fair play would obviously prevent such a thing— and, therefore, I should like to ask your correspondent if he really thinks it worth while to criticise such ancient legends, staged more than two centuries ago.—Yours faithfully, Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire. D. C. CUTHBERTSON.
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