10 MARCH 1944, page 13

The By-elections

SIR, —The Derbyshire election was generally expected in the Midlands to be a close one, and the majority of 4,000 against the Government candidate shows the Derbyshire people......

Snt,—mr. Brailsford Says In His Letter That If They Were

deprived of machine tools "Germans will starve." Why? Even if Germany were completely de-industrialised—which no one seriously proposes—this need not happen, given a new......

Peace Preservation

gt,-I saw a letter in your issue of February 25th under the heading "Disarming Germany" by Mr. A. G. Bateman, in which he suggests t Germany must be deprived of a motor......

Snt,—i Have Read Mr. Brailsford's Book, Our Settlement...

and while I am not qualified to criticise his treatment of many of the questions which he discusses, I certainly feel that some of his views on disarmament and reparations are......

The Substance Of Soil

Stn,—I have read Sir Albert Howard's letter, and after thirty years' experience of growing crops with chemical fertilisers I want to challenge almost all his conclusions. It is......