21 DECEMBER 1945, Page 15

THE ARCHBISHOP'S VOICE SIR,—I think " Janus " is unkind

and unfair to the Archbishop of Canter- bury, especially as his Grace can hardly enter a defence. I wonder if those who are full of perplexity and consumed with regret really them- selves want a word of counsel or admonition from the Archbishop. Perhaps, however, they wish the Archbishop to weigh in on their side on some particular issue. The Archbishop is wise enough to know that the way of the public mentor is hard and that frequent words of counsel and admonition from ecclesiastics who stand above the fray tend to do