21 MARCH 1908, Page 14

LTo TER EDITOR OP THII " SPEC T AT OR:9

your comments last week upon Lord Rosebery's speech you say : " As a matter of fact the dilemma [the choice between Socialism and Protection] can never occur, for the sufficient reason that at the base Socialism and Protection are one " ; and again : " Those who adopt the Socialistic pro- gramme gradually slide into Protection." But may not the elector have to vote before the " slide " has been completed, and support, in the absence of a Centralist candidate, either a Socialistic or Protectionist policy ?—I am, Sir, &c., R. K.