Sut,—The clumsy humour of "Janus " has long been one
of the afflictions of readers of The Spectator. When he pontifically tells Mr. Sevin or Mr. Churchill how to do better what they are already doing very well, it may be endured. But there is a limit, for church people at any rate. It is reached when " Janus " tells the Archbishop of Canterbury that he is not doing his job properly. Those who have an opportunity of observ- ing at close quarters the way Dr. Fisher is doing his job, know how much they have to be thankful for in the leadership that is given in the Church Assembly, in the House of Lords, and in other places beyond the ken of " Janus." Not least are they thankful that he does not afford journalists a constant opportunity of misunderstanding utterances on a wide variety of topics, so that he has to waste much of his time in trying [" Janus " writes: " What I said—with studied courtesy—was that it was a pity that the voice of so wise a man as the Archbishop of Canter- bury was not more often heard outside the councils of the Church, as those of his two predecessors so frequently were. If the Dean of Chiches- ter considers that lase majeste he is welcome to."]
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