By the way, the page of the Times on which
the Bishop of Carlisle's letter appears is an extraordinarily good example of the value of " Letters to the Editor " in the Press. This one page contains not only the letter from the Bishop of Carlisle, but an admirable and soberly argued letter by Lord Askwith about nationalisation, and a particularly informing and vivid letter about the attitude of America towards the League of Nations by Mr. Edward Price Bell. The Times has long been the accepted place for this kind of public discussion, but it would not often be possible to point to a page which proves how much light can be thrown upon public affairs by this characteristically British method of exchanging ideas.
" Letters to the Editor " are quite as important as leading articles for forming opinion, and very often- more so.
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