"the Spectator" Overseas
StR,—As is probably already known to your readers, the Victoria League— founded in 1901 to promote the closer union of the people of the British Empire—has many activities. One......
" Peace-time Conscription"
Sto,—In your stimulating article on peacetime conscription you say: " To keep men already serving still longer with the colours is inde- fensible," and " for university students......
Terms In The Merchant Service
SIR,—I wonder if you could spare me a little space in which to answer a few of the points mentioned by Mr. Hector Hughes in the adjournment debate on May 28th, when he raised......
Victory Celebrations
Sta,—Permit me to complain of the terms used by "Janus " about the Victory Celebrations, which he denounces as " untimely, inappropriate and little short of indecent." Has "......
" Formation Colleges "
SIR, —I am sorry to have given Mr. Brimble the impression in my article on Formation Colleges that I wished to make extravagant claims for Army education. I can assure him that......
" Northbound "
SIR,—Did your printers begin their Victory Day celebrations prematurely? In " Marginal Comment " (June 7th) we read, " The bag-pipes swirled." Possibly ; but on normal occasions......
"the J.v.a.' Argument"
SIR,—I regret the mistake in my letter to you about the "J.V.A." The total water available is 2,o0o million cubic metres per annum, which should suffice to protect about 300,000......
" A Great Whit-sunday "
Sra,—Two points in Canon Clarke's article in The Spectator of June 7th call for comment. Before the first Prayer Book of Edward VI was intro- duced, he says, the congregation "......
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