THE YOUNGER POINT OF VIEW [To the Editor of THE
SPECTATOR] Stit,—With Lady Sinclair's private interpretation of what Mr. Hobhouse meant there is no reason for complaint : my concern was with something that he wrote.
My intention, however, was not controversy, and it still remains that a growing consciousness of the utter futility of war, and a nearer realisation of its ruthless barbarity, make it necessary to puriue some other ways of settling inter- national differences. These facts made it possible for Mr. Chamberlain to persuade others that there was a way from the edge of the precipice of war to peace. What-that peace means is yet to be seen. It would be easy for me to be critical of what has been accomplished ; yet it is my conviction that the time element is of the utmost importance for world welfare.
—Yours faithfully, J. C. MANTRIPP. Northfield, •Wymondham, Norfolk.
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