3 OCTOBER 1931, Page 15

ALIEN RESIDENTS AND INCOME TAX

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Is it possible that anyone " who wants to live in England " can be legally taxed in the way described in the letter on page 354 of your issue of September 19th ? As a retired Indian Official whose income is derived entirely from India, I often think we are treated by England as if she were no longer our real mother but only an injusta noverca ; but that she should treat the stranger within her gates so unhos- pitably seems incredible. Surely there must be some ex-