18 DECEMBER 1909, page 14

The Budget And The Family.

[TO THU EDITOR OS THE " Simon a."] SIR,—I have to thank you for complying in your issue of November 6th with my request for an article on the effect of the introduction of......

Rto The Editor Or Tes "spectator"]

venture to think that it is important that " Reform of the House of Lords " should constitute one of the planks of the Unionist platform at the forthcoming General Election, and......

Cotton And Free-trade.

[To Taz EDITOR Or THE "SPscrierox."] SIB,—If you were in Lancashire, and knevi from direct contact with her staple industry the extraordinary extent and ramifications of the......

Mr. Balfour's Manifesto.

[TO THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR.") fear that Mr. Balfour's manifesto gives the country insufficient assurance that if the Unionist Party should be returned to power the reform......

The Budge2 And Taxation.

[To THE EDITOR OF TER " SPECTATOIL."1 Sin,—In the forty-seven years in which I have been a reader of the Spectator I have never read such a monstrous state- ment in it as that......

[to The Editoil Of Ter "spectator.")

SIS,—You are quite right when you say that "it is very unsatisfactory that the House of Lords only acts when a Liberal Ministry is in power," &c. (Spectator, December 11th); and......

Germany And The Congo.

[To TILE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —You appear, like the Times, to regret the changed attitude of German opinion in regard to the Congo during the last few weeks. You......

The Conservative Party In Battersea And Mr. Burns.

[To THE EDITOR or ma "Sr-Berms:1 Sra,—Would it not be a handsome return to make to the so-called Liberal Free-traders who have poured contempt on the Unionist Free-traders if......