THE PARIS EXHIBITION
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. Blunt's opening sentences about the Paris Exhibition suggest that he visited it at least six weeks ago. It is quite untrue that " in most national pavilions and in almost all those connected with different industries the visitor trips over ropes and knocks his head against iron girders." The sug- gestion that the Totalitarian States outstripped the democracies is also entirely misleading. Belgium was the first country to finish her pavilion, which is as big as that of Germany. Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Israel in Palestine, and Holland were all open either on the first day of the exhibition (this applies to the first four) or within a week of the inauguration. Why should The Spectator present un- merited bouquets to Totalitarianism ? The scientific show in the Palais des Decouvertes was open before the art exhibitions
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