13 MAY 1938, Page 20

NELSON'S ARM

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—In the first article on " The West Indies and their Problems " Sir Charles Hobhouse is not correct in stating that Nelson lost an arm in the West Indies. This loss he sustained in the abortive attack upon Santa Cruz in the Island of Teneriffe, Canary Islands, about 3,000 miles eastward of

the West Indies.—Yours faithfully, CHAS. E. FOSTER. Kingsweir, Broadway, Letchworth, Herts.