20 DECEMBER 1924, page 13

The Gold Standard

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—NOW that Mr. Darling has in your last issue frankly acknowledged his adherence to what he describes as the gold standard "with which we......

The Prime Minister's Ancestry

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The Prime Minister's grandfather was not" an eminent Scotch Presbyterian minister," as described by your corres- pondent, Mr. John......

The Anglo-american Debt

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Common sense would surely make everyone agree that Mr. Darling is correct in thinking that we should make every effort to buy as little as......

Scottish Rulers And British Sentiments

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] ,Sin,—Mr. MacLeod is unfortunate in his " Scottish " list of Prime Ministers, which for some reason he starts from 1806 with Lord Aberdeen......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—in A Recent Article

by Mr. Julian Huxley, in the Spectator, the following statement is made regarding the population of the United States : "Roughly ten per cent, of 1i .e whole population are......