4 SEPTEMBER 1942, Page 14

SIR,--.The experience of the Devonshire village shopkeeper seems in- credible,

and, indeed, would be held as such if the tale of his misfortune were not sponsored by Mr. Harold Nicolson. If methods as described are deemed necessary for running the war we might as well preserve what is left of decency and throw up the sponge. As a magistrate with twenty- five years' service, I would rather resign my commission than be a party to such typically " Nazi" methods.—Yours faithfully,