17 JULY 1936, Page 22

THE POLICY OF THE OPPOSITION

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

wish to correct an error in the second paragraph of " The week in Parliament," in your issue of July 10th, when you state that " the Opposition are beginning to realise the seriousness of the international situation." It is precisely because- the two Opposition parties months, ago realised the serious international situation which would ensue- if Italy were allowed to succeed in her aggression that they urged the Government to stand firm by their obligations under the League, and it is precisely the failure of the Government to uphold the victim of that aggression that has brought on the " more important issues " which you say are now at stake. The two questions are interrelated, and the second is the outcome of the first.—Yours faithfully,

' FLORENCE BROOKS.

Villa Sant' Antonio, Canford Cliffs., Dorset.