12 JULY 1940, page 13

Ulster And Eire

Sm,—" Of all the wonders that I yet have heard it seems to me most strange" that The Spectator should deem it possible for the North and South of Ireland to co-operate for......

The Need For A Plan

SIR, —May I join issue with Mr. Scott-James's most cogent article in your issue of June 22nd? I. Planning, i.e., the rationalisation of life in society, involves the reference......

Sta,—when The Nazi Dictatorship Forced All Liberal...

under penalty of the concentration camp, these exiles were received in this country as the representatives of the true German culture. Many of them have been here since 1933.......

Medical Aid For Parashots "

SIR,—The clergy, I understand, are to be allowed to give " help and encouragement " in an unarmed capacity to the local defence forces and, no doubt, this help will be......

English Quislings "

Sta,—Mr. E. M. Forster's letter. asking for " a close time for snarling at absent intellectuals " demands an answer from. someone better acquainted than I am with these......

• Hope You Will Allow Someone To Suggest In Your

columns that there is a case for the internment of enemy aliens. It is undeniable that there are enemy agents in this country, and one of the easiest disguises for a spy to......

Snt,—with Reference To The Article " The Peril Of Ireland

" hi your last issue, the attention of your readers should be drawn to the grave fact that all-Ireland unity means all-Ireland neutrality. This in turn means the withdrawal of......

Radio War News

Sni,—Vice is but a morbid excess of some appetite or habit that in controlled moderation constitutes virtue. The radio habit has in many cases developed into a vice. The " News......