29 AUGUST 1925, Page 14

THE SQUIRREL WAR [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Just

as I was contemplating a letter to your paper about the native red squirrel I see the article by " E. M. N.,'' and rejoice to see it. Can nothing be done systematically and at once to shoot down every grey squirrel ? Our own red squirrel is one of the most beautiful and attractive creatures that still remain in our woodlands. The alien alternative has already to my knowledge reached the woods near Chertsey and Chobham. Cannot some society like the Selborne Society, or, as there ought to be, a Hudson society, memorialize all the landowners, especially those who are within a radius of fifty or sixty miles of London, to exterminate ruthlessly all grey squirrels, before it is too late, before it is too late. The little owl, now beyond suppression, should be a warning.