16 DECEMBER 1916, page 10

Southey And A Premature Peace.

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] 8m, Does any one read Southey now ? I confess I do not, but in Ward's English Poets I came across his " Ode Written during the Negotiations......

Politics And Prices.

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The writer of your article on the above subject has, I should think, forgotten that the direct War Tax he proposes would fall, not only......

Letters To The Editor.

" WORTHY OBJECTS " OF WAR. [TO THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTLTOR.") SIR, —By an odd coincidence the news of Germany's peace move and the New York Evening Post of November 27th......

National Food Economy.

[To ME ED/TOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—About a year ago you were kind enough to print a letter on the work of the National Food Economy League, which brought us much valuable......

Voluntary Workers Needed In Shoreditch. [to The Editor Or...

" SPECTATOR."] Snt,—The Shoreditch branch of the Invalid Children's Aid Association is in great need of voluntary workers, one excellent visitor having just left us to do war......

War Savings And Alcohol.

[To tug EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I have received yet another note from the National War Savings Committee, and have replied that when the Government prohibit alcoholic......

Peace Without Honour.

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") 8m,—I wonder James Russell Lowell's stanza on a " Peace without Honour," which is what a premature peace would be, has not been alluded to......

A German Omen.

[To TM EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") 8m,—The Dresdner Nachrichten comforts its readers with the assurance that the omens favour the Central Powers, having dis- covered that by......

The Curtailment Of Luxuries.

[To THE EDITOR or THE "Sesoraroa."I Sra,—Our soldiers in the trenches suffer awful hardships; they face death and suffering night and day without a grumble. They do not have tea......

Employment After The War. [to Me Editor Op The "

SPECTATOR."] Sia,—With reference to the announcement in your columns of the 9th inst. of the ioint proposals for the regulation of employment after the war, subscribed to by......