23 JANUARY 1915, Page 17

THE RESIGNATION OF MR. LOCH, D.C.L.

[To TES Soma or Tao ..Srooraroa.”)

Sea,—All your readers will surely acclaim your endorsement of Mr. Bailward's tribute to Mr. Loch's life of service at the Charity Organization Society. But what about our acceptance of the fact that "here is a man with no official position, no letters after his name, not even a ribbon, whose name is known everywhere, whose influence is felt every- where "P I have not the gratification of any personal acquaintance with Mr. Loch, but there is such a thing as gratitude, and there must be hundreds of us who are feeling that such a life demands some titular or other recognition, empty as it might be to the man himself, for it would at least do something to satisfy the conscience of that public Mr. Loch has so continuously and abundantly served.—I am,