12 JANUARY 1940, page 21

Geneva Impressions Sit,—professor Power's Reply To My...

" Geneva Impressions " shows that she has not even understood the minor point that a journalist " as a professional observer of contemporary events " may have opportunities to......

The Allies' Peace Aims Sir,—since Your Correspondent Mr....

Kelso in your issue of January 5th misrepresents the Peace Ballot of 1935 by calling it a pledge, by saying it had an anti-rearmament bias and in other ways, in fairness will......

Officers And Privates

Sut,—Mr. Harold Nicolson, in the last issue of The Spectator, informed your readers that a private soldier, who was eating a carefully chosen meal " at a table in a remote......

Conscience Within The Meaning Of The Act

SIR,—May I supplement in one respect Dr. Joad's interesting article? Conscientious objection to war rests finally on the com- mandment : " Thou shalt not kill." This leads ..to......

A Strange Bird Sir,—there Was A Reference In Your Country

Life column recently to a strange bird said to have been seen in Sussex, the general description (which I have not seen) coming from a headmaster. As interested in entomology, I......