27 MAY 1916, Page 14

LOTUS-EATERS.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " EPEcrATort.1

Sin,—Has not Tennyson curiously anticipated, for his Lotos-eaters, the " policy " of more recent lotus-eaters in a more responsible position ?- " Is there confusion in the little isle ? Let what is broken so remain.

The Gods are hard to reconcile :

'Tie hard to settle order once again. There is confusion."

—I am, Sir, &o.,