"THE OUTPOURING OF MONEY."
[To THE ED/TOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]
have a copy of the Spectator before me dated June 29th, with a letter from a correspondent with the above heading. It is a letter worth the thoughtful consideration of any man who has the welfare of our British Commonwealth at heart. I think I can safely say that out here in this minor Dominion of the Empire the vast majority of the people view the continued bestowal of titular honours for obscure services with absolute disgust. If there is not a halt made, and soon, there will be such a revulsion of feeling over it that reasonable people will begin to examine the possibilities of the Labour Party as saviours of the democracy. The creation of such hordes of knights and other labelled nobodies will also go a long way towards stopping our growing intimacy with America, and this the Empire cannot afford. Our relative position as a world-Power does not seem likely to improve as a result of the war, and we shall want all the friends we can get. By putting thousands upon thousands of Englishmen in a class by themselves we shall do much to alienate the understanding and sympathy of a people whose goodwill is of almost -vital importance to us.—I am, Sir, &c., C. p. M. N.Z.
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