12 MAY 1950, Page 20

The Covenanters

SIR,—The seemingly high proportion of Covenant-signatories to Cale- donians is partly explained by the fact that the organisers took consider- able pains, including the formation of a London Committee, to collect names from beyond the Scottish border. Thus a recent letter I had from an acquaintance on another matter included two cards, one to be signed by myself and another by a friend. I put both in the waste-paper basket. But many others were no doubt ready to express a view about the future government of a country to which they have no more intention of return-