17 FEBRUARY 1917, page 11

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator."]

SIR,—In reply to a letter written by " An Officer in the Front Line " in your issue of February 10th, may I say that I have been in the trenches in winter in France, and was......

" On Our Honour."

[TO THE EDITOR. OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The Food Controller has allowanced us in regard to meat, bread, and sugar. Asking my wife about our own household, 1 was at once told......

[to The Editor 07 The "spectator.")

Sta,—After the silence of the daily papers, it is refreshing to read last week's Spectator with its protest against (ho present injustice of the food restrictions. Women are......

Letters To The Editor.

BREAD VERSUS BEER. [To THE EDITOIL OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sfe,—The country owes much to you for taking up, with a deter- mination that must surely win success, the cause of "......

Throttling The Nation.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.''] SIR,—Many years ago Lord Rcsebery (if I mistake not) said that if the nation did not throttle the Drink Trade, the Drink Trade would......

Bishop Berkeley On The Drink Trade. [to The Editop. 07

THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—The following extract from Bishop Berkeley's Siris (40) may be of interest at this time :- " But why should such a canker be tolerated in the vitals of a......

" Down Classes."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Ste,—In a footnote to a letter signed " An Officer in the Front Line " (published in your issue of the 10th inst.) you state inter alba: "......

Prohibition—a Voice From The Front.

[To THE EDITOR. or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—I have just read in your issue of January 27th a letter signed by " An Officer on Active Service in France " under the above heading.......

Food Shortage And Prohibition.

AN APPEAL. The situation created by the Shortage of Food and the continued destruction of cereals in the manufacture of intoxicants is so serious that we have determined to ask......