7 APRIL 1939, Page 22

WHO IS FOR LIBERTY ? "

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—May I correct both an error and an erroneous im- pression in the review of my book, Who is for Liberty? I am not Sir John Simon's nephew, nor would it occur to me to have intruded on his time,.on the grounds that we are relatives, to the extent of seeking his judgement on opinions and policies which are very definitely my own.

It is for his sake rather than mine that I am asking you to publish this, since I am sure that he would not wish to be associated, even by implication, with a book which he cannot do other than deplore.—I am, &c.,