BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP SEA.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:]
SIR,—Ignorance of facts, and the unjust comments of "Rude Donatus " (December 12th), convince me that he cannot be a regular reader of the Spectator, and it is not surprising he fires his explosive bullets under the cover of a pseudonym. The suggestion that the Liberal candidate at the last election declined to stand again is absolutely absurd, as the 1900 election result convinced him and the Liberal Council that his chances were very good for the next time; and if any doubt existed as to his success, it was removed by the Rye election, and it was when Bast Sussex condemned the Govern- ment that the North Sussex active propaganda work commenced. Long before the Chamberlain fiscal policy was announced, we were strongly attacking Mr. Goschen for supporting the
Education Act, and his conduct with regard to the Corn-tax and the Sugar Convention, &c.—I am, Sir, &c., HORACE ALDRIca,
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