6 OCTOBER 1917, Page 11

HELIGOLAND.

[To THE EDITOR OF THIS " SPECTATOR:1

Sm,—The geography-books say that Heligoland is a loss-lying islet with an area of only one-fifth of a equare mile. At the end of the war, v.ould it not be possible, with the help of high explosives and stormy seas, to cause the total disappearance of this important button in the German naval uniform P-1 am, Sir, Ac., B.