25 JUNE 1904, Page 32

Sin,—May I say one more word on this subject? In

your note to my last letter (Spectator, June 18th) you say I fail to prove my main contention that the independence of the Pope is due to his attitude of protest. But whilst I contend that this is so, still, I would point out that my main contention in reply to your leading article of May 21st was that the Pope had no desire to break up the Italian nation, and that his policy was not governed by a lust of civil dominion, as the writer of the article asserted. Since my first letter appeared, events have gone far to put this, my main contention, beyond question, as is evident from your own article on "The Policy of the Vatican" in the Spectator of June 18th.—I am, Sir, &a., Fr. CUTHBERT, 0.S.F" C. Franciscan Monastery, Crawley.