30 AUGUST 1940, Page 12

Sm,—Let me hasten to inform you that an exponent of

pacifism (not pacificism) is a pacifist (not pacificist), as spelt in the Spectator of August 9th and r6th. Your correspondents can be excused in their inability to find the word "pacificist " in their dictionaries: the word " pacifist " is still perfectly easy to find in mine.—Yours faithfully.

[" Pacifism " is an inaccurate abbreviation of " pacificism," which is in common usage and to be found in all reputable dictionaries.— ED., The Spectator.]