20 JUNE 1925, page 16

French Security And Free Trade

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, Would it not be possible for this country to make the offer of Security for France on one condition—Free Trade ? We are now taking the......

" Till May Is Out "

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Observing in the Spectator the idea that " May " signig fies the tree and not the month, I may say that I used to hear the proverb as :-......

Motor Ships Versus Steamships

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I be permitted to add a few words on the con- troversy which great authorities are waging over the motor ship ? We hear, on the one......

Light From Wind Power

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Your readers will be interested to know that Mr. Henry Ford, who is, I suppose, the largest manufacturer of petrol engines in the world,......

The Blackmore Centenary

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I do not suppose there is a single one of your readers who has not read Lorna Doone, yet the centenary of the forceful Englishman who......

The Bishop Of Pretoria's Defence Of Dogma

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—In answer to the letter which appears in your issue of June 6th, in defence of dogma in religion, I should like to point out that many......

"shik Shak Day"

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—There is plenty of information about the name and the observances connected with the day, both in Professor Joseph Wright's English......

Protection For Birds In Italy

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] have been asked by a Circolo di Cullum at Brescia to call the attention of English bird-lovers to the prohibition which has come into force......