22 NOVEMBER 1940, page 16

Duties Of The Home Guard

SIR,—Recent pronouncements in regard to the Home Guard deal with a number of matters not of the first importance : real issues have been touched upon lightly, and some among us......

Sir,—i Have For Years Subscribed To Your Paper,...

pendence of thought and stimulating views. I am moved, however, vehemently to protest at the ill-considered observation of " Janus " recently when discussing the impropriety of......

Sir,—the Logic Of " Janus " Is Deplorable, And I

wish to protest most vigorously against his remarks in your issue of November 8th about reasons for not bombing Rome. He is best answered by the news that 13 Italian planes have......

Lord Reith's Chance

SIR,—Writing of the appointment of a Minister of Works and Building in your issue of October 18th Mr. Clough Williams-Ellis says: "Is effective, positive town-planning possible......

Should Rome Be Bombed?

Sut,—Why should Rome be spared lest antiquities and art treasures might suffer? The destruction of such things is of no military value. But our airmen have shown themselves......

Back To Party Politics?

Sul,—Like Mr. Stonebridge, I regret the eclipse of the Liberal Party —but eclipsed it seems to be. Hence, to say that the Liberal is the only party fit to tackle unemployment is......

Wren's London

Snt,—Miss Lesley Lawrence is not the first of your recent corre- spondents who has repeated the old story that Wren's plan for rebuilding the City was lost "by the pigheadedness......

Sir,—n0, I Think We - Should Need Very Clear Evidence Of

its military value before we allowed a single shell to explode in Rome. Allow me to support our friend " Janus " in his plea for departed greatness and to urge its claim as a......