17 JANUARY 1931, page 7

Has Democracy Collapsed ?

BY SIR ERNEST BENS' [This article is a reply to Sir Charles Petrie's : last week—" The Collapse of Democracy." Dlext week" A. A. B." will write on "The Decline of the House of......

The Control Of The Drink Trade

BY B. SEEBOIIM ROWNTREE. [We are entirely in agreement with Mr. Rowntree in his desire to cxtend the Carlisle experiment to the whole country as soon as possible, but do not......