17 OCTOBER 1941, page 13

A, Plea For Realism

Ste,—This is no time to cry " I told you so." The magnificent de- monstration of self-restraint shown in this respect by the Prime Minister is in itself sufficient to render......

Road Deaths In War-time

SIR, —By whatever standard the casualties of the public highways are viewed, the problem is an urgent one, and it is indeed unfortunate that the admirable report and......

Which Poland ?

Sne,—Mr. A. J. P. Taylor's comments on the Cambridge History o f Poland in your issue of October toth, 1941, show his unfavourable opinion of Poland, and his statements are,......

Rabbits And Men

Sm,—A dig-for-victory plot on the edge of a golf-links was limed, planted and treated with artificials. Luxuriant heavy-green cabbages, sprouts and other vegetables resulted. To......

Facts As Foundations

sm,—Mr. Clough Williams-Ellis's letter makes it clear that the one important alleged fact he doubts is that there is a general demand for individual houses and gardens for......

On Invading

Sm,—The possibility of invasion, by either side, causes : controversy between Invasioneers and Non-Invasioneers as acute as that between the Easterners and the Westerners in the......