12 FEBRUARY 1977, page 17

Merchants Merchants Of Death Sir: How Evocative Of The...

was the ti tle—Merchants of death--of the article on arms sales by Julian Critchley (5 February)! Much of what he says makes good sense, and yet . . . What future is there for......

Honest Enoch Sir: Belatedly I Read The Speech The Humbug

of 'compassion', by the Rt Hon Enoch Powell, M P (29 January). This like his widely mis-reported speech on the 'race issue' revealed to me that he was an 'honest politician,' of......

Dogged

Sir: A few months ago Mr Daniel Farson wrote in the Spectator in defence of dogs. He rebuked Mr Bernard Levin for his anticanine arguments and paraded the usefulness of some......

Yours Hopefully

Sir: With regard to recent correspondence in the Spectator concerning the use of the term 'hopefully,' maybe its ambiguity can best be demonstrated by analogy such as......

Whs

Sir: A. E. Dean, in his letter (5 February) rushing to the defence of Messrs W. H. Smug, seems to think that the people of Taunton are well served by their local branch of this......