2 JUNE 1939, Page 22

MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECHES

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR]

Sut,—In his excellent review of the recently published col- lection of speeches by the Prime Minister, your reviewer asks, " Is it courage or impenitence which impels the Prime Minister to repeat a tale so full of humiliation to his countrymen? "

Surely the answer to that question is Dr. Johnson's " No, Sir, stark insensibility."—Yours faithfully, •

G. LANGFORD JONES.

Tan Twr, Pant-y-buarth, Mold.