20 MAY 1911, Page 12

[To THY EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—The question as to the-right of British subjects to fly the Union Jack on land in this country was settled on July 14th, 1908, when the Earl of Crewe, speaking as representa- tive of the Government, stated that " the Union Jack should be regarded as the national flag, and it undoubtedly may be flown on land by all his Majesty's subjects."

British subjects resident abroad are at liberty to fly heir national flag, the Union Jack, on land, unless the municipal law of the foreign State in which they reside prohibits the use of foreign flags.—I am, Sir, &c., GODFREY E. P. HERTSLET.

[Lord Crewe's statement, to which our correspondents refer, makes it unnecessary to continue this discussion.—En. Spectator.]