27 JULY 1901, Page 16

THE FRIENDS' MANIFESTO ON THE WAR.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] you kindly give the publicity of your columns to the enclosed ? It is my reply to a document, entitled " A Plea for a Peaceable Spirit" which has been extensively circulated among the clergy and the ministers of Noncon- formist Churches.—I am, Sir, CLERICUS.