1 JUNE 1918, Page 10

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than those which fin treble the space.]

A PROTEST AGAINST HOME RULE.

[To TEE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sic,—I have written to the Member for my division that if he votes for any measure of Home Rule while the war continues I will, if I be alive, at the next election oppose him to the utmost of my powers on the ground that I hate the violation of a solemn pledge given on the floor of the House of Commons. I hope many other citizens will do the same thing. Our Administration if it perseveres in trying to carry a Home Rule measure now must be afflicted with judicial madness. It is high time that politicians of all shades should recognize that the only thing to which they should attend is war.—I am, Sir, W. A. CLARKE. Ash Corner, Whitchnrch, Salop.