16 AUGUST 1940, page 13

Sir,—" Doc. B.e.f." Thinks That In This War For Democracy

all friendly aliens should be interned without trial. It would be interesting to know whether he would include General de Gaulle and his staff— refugees from Fascism.—Yours......

Sm,—may I Offer My Thanks To The Dean Of St.

Paul's for his article on " Pacificism as Vocation "? How just is his observation that this danger underlying the Archbishop's dictum is no trivial matter. It is fundamental,......

Sir,—without Any Wish To Dispute The Opinion Expressed By...

Dean d St. Paul's in last week's Spectator that ." the Archbishops have f allen into a confusion of thought," I respectfully-suggest that he in waY strengthens his argument by......

Hospital Charges

sra,—As the victim of the accident whose cost was referred to by " Janus," I might say that I was making no complaint, that I merely reported, at lunch, the severe financial......

Sia,—no One Will Dispute Your Contention That The...

Britain to foreign countries is an important part of the function of the M.O.I., but to suggest that the moulding of public opinion at home can safely be left to the public......

Pacificism As Vocation Sat,—the Article In Your Last...

not command the agreement with which I, for one, habitually read the words of the Dean of St. Paul's. His argument, in brief, is this: The Archbishops believe that the......

Sm,—the Dean Of St. Paul's Says In His Article Entitled

" Pacificism as Vocation " published in your issue of August 9th, " a pacificist is one who holds that it is wrong in any circumstances to fight, and conse- quently that it is......

The Ministry Of Information

SIR, — " 1917 " in your issue of August 9th has mixed up Lord North- cliffe's- British War Mission to the United States with his Department for Propaganda in Enemy Countries.......

After The War

Sts,—I have been taking The Spectator for the last twelve months, as I found it had discarded, for the time being, the sentimental nonsense of " idealisms " and faced facts.......