19 AUGUST 1938, Page 22

THE PREMIER'S CATARRH

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—Janus' amusing paragraph on speculations on this subject reminds me of a story about Prince Metternich. When the news of his death appeared in the papers one " astute " diploma- tist said to his friends : " So, Metternich has died, I wonder what his little game is."—Yours respectfully, E. MILNER. z Moorland Road, Didsbury.