3 OCTOBER 1914, Page 20

THE TRUTH.

[To THE EDITOR OP TIER "SPECTATOR."]

Sra,—The following elegant extract is taken from last week's Labour Leader :- "•CRUCIFY HI11f2—Says the Church Times: 'If Mr. Ramsay MacDonald chooses to stand aside we can do very well without his help. Only if he attempts to start an anti-patriotic campaign we hope the Government will deal with him as he deserves.' The Ecclesiastics, as of old, are the first to cry 'Crucify him.'"

Whatever may be our view as to dealing with the distortions of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, the state of mind which can com- pare the man who declared that Sir Edward Grey deliberately worked for war with Him who said: "For this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth," is

something to marvel at.—I am, Sir, &o., B.