14 AUGUST 1909, Page 17

"INDIA IN 1983".

[TO THE Eurron OF THE " SPEOCA.T011."] SIR,—You are probably quite right in saying in your last- issue that the "rollicking nonsense" of that excellent skit "does not disguise the sincere convictions of the author." I presume that his convictions remain unaltered. If so, it is- easy to imagine the cynical amusement with which he supports in the House of Commons the Cottons and Keir Hardie's, who are doing their best to bring about the state of

things which he has satirised.—I am, Sir, &c., G. B. R.