22 DECEMBER 1939, page 21

The Alternatives Before Society

Sitt,—The reference Mr. J. C. Hardwick asks for is St. John viii, 58. The crowning offence was, of course, the use, with- out ambiguity or periphrasis, of the Ineffable Name.......

Medical Aid For China

SIR,.—May we, the China Medical Aid Committee, on behalf of the Chinese people who have suffered two and a half years of a terrible war, appeal to your readers to help us in the......

Danubian Problems

Snt,—In an interesting review of my book Down River in your issue of last week, Mr. Anthony Powell sums up my argument in what I feel is a rather misleading fashion. Ac- cording......

Sir Arthur Eddington Philosophises

Sta,—There is surely some weight in Professor Joad's con- tention that, if statements about electrons are only statements about correlations of experience, then statements about......

Prayers In Parliament

Snt,—I have today received my copy of The Spectator of November 3rd, and have just read Sir Arnold Wilson's interesting review of Mr. W. Ivor Jennings' book Parliament. May I be......

The Treatment Of Prisoners Sir, —i Hate To Disagree With "

Janus," but I was somewhat saddened by his remarks about the reception given by British sailors to submarine prisoners. The sailors doubtless felt a sense of comradeship with......