17 MARCH 1900, Page 10

A COLONIAL MONUMENT. [To THE EDITOR OS THE "SPECTATOR "]

SIR,—Your proposal of a Colonial monument is admirable, and it is to be hoped that it will be carried out. If so, every detail should be most carefully considered. I venture to suggest the following inscription, which perhaps may elicit improvements :- To the Sons of the Empire From all quarters of the globe assembled Who in the African war of the years 1899 and 1900 Died beneath the British Flag This Monument is consecrated by The Motherland.

It seems hardly possible, for several reasons, to enumerate the Colonies that have sent troops, but they should be indi- cated in the sculpture.—I am, Sir, &c.,