15 MAY 1947, Page 17

DISCOUNTENANCING THE LAW

Sta,—It is surely a very remarkable situation when the Government of Great Britain issues an Order—I refer to the ban on " space-heating "- and responsible and highly respectable organs of the Press on every side assert that of course the sensible citizen will disobey the Order when occasion requires it. It would be interesting to know what precedents there are for a state of affairs where we—the normally law-abiding majority of the nation—publicly decide that, because it is stupid, we are going to comply with an Order only as far as is sensible.—Yours faithfully, Downside House, Chilcompton, near Bath. R. S. JENKINsoN.