7 SEPTEMBER 1918, Page 12

BISMARCK.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."]

ffia,—A propos of your review (August 31st) of Mr. Grant Robert- son's study of Bismarck, one may recall the conclusion of an article which appeared long ago in La Semaine Francaise: " a agrandi l'Allemagne, it a amoindri l'Allemand."—I am, Sir, he., Church Charwciton. Northants. F. A. O'BRIEN.