20 APRIL 1918, Page 1

THE PAPER SHORTAGE.

TO OUR READERS.—The shortage of paper has obliged us to adopt the policy, already adopted by many of our contemporaries, of refusing to allow the " Spectator " to be " on sale or return." The new arrangement will come into operation on Saturday, May 4th. This does not mean that our regular readers will have any difficulty in obtaining the " Spectator." All that it will be necessary for them to do is to place a definite order at any of the Railway Bookstalls or with their Newsagent instead of relying upon casual purchases. Should any reader, after the date named, experience difficulty in obtaining the " Spectator," we trust he will at once write to "The Manager, Spectator Office, 1 Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C. 2."