FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE: A CORRECTION. [To THE EDITOR OF
THE " SPECTATOR."'
SIR,--With reference to the statement in the Spectator, dated February 4th, regarding the present outbreak of foot-and- mouth disease in Great Britain, from which it would appear that the infection was brought to this country from Ireland, I would point out that there is no foundation for such 'a -sugges- tion. Sir Stewart Stockman, Chief of the Veterinary'Service of the English Ministry of Agriculture, distinctly stated, when addressing a meeting of the English Farmers' Union -on the 1st inst., that "it was a mistake to say that the outbreak originated in Ireland," and further statements to this effect have been issued to the Press by the Ministry of Agriculture during the last week. In the circumstances no doubt you will .see that a contradiction is inserted in the current week's issue
of the Spectator.—I am, Sir, Az., R K. -Warm.
.1 Quadrangle Buildings, Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W. 1.
[We stated what was said in all the newspapers.—En. Spectator.]
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