16 JANUARY 1948, Page 16

FALSE DEMOCRACY

sm,—I suggest that any genuine democracy must be able to answer in the affirmative two questions: (a) Does it permit parties in opposition to the government of the day ? (b) Can that government be changed by peaceful means ? Judged by these criteria it is dear that Communism, like Fascism and National-Socialism, is undemocratic.—Yours faithfully, 3 Conyers Avenue, Birkdale, Southport. J. F. S. Ross.