PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The repeated
assertion that groups and unstable governments are produced more rapidly under Proportional' Representation than with single member constituencies would be more convincing if examples were given where this has actually happened. The difficulty of securing a stable government is certainly as great now in England and France as it is in Germany. The fact seems to be that groups appear to be multiplying almost everywhere, whatever the elettoral system, and the problem is to 'find a just and fair method of popular representation to meet the new conditions.
If our elections continue to be a kamble, with the possibility, as in 1924-9, of a " strong " government elected'by a minority of the people, Parliamentary Government itself may be doomed.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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