23 NOVEMBER 1956, page 20

Hungary

SIR,-1 have just returned from Budapest and am horrified by the complacency with which our country views its failure to help the Hun- garians in their fight for liberty. They......

Sk-1 Am Instructed To Inform You That The Goc Was

touched by Mr. Toynbee's proposal for a march, accompanied by non-resistance, into our lines. I am to add that a sincere welcome awaits any pilgrims who present themselves for......

Sir,—the Extraordinary Statements In The Article 'the...

in your issue of November 16 are so contrary to the facts that one feels one must protest. 'Encouraged by the overwhelming support his [Nasser's] cause has received at the UN......

Sir,—professor Driver Writes '. . Giving Both Sides Fair...

of their intention.' Is Professor Driver sufficiently expert in military matters to state with authority that it was physically possible 'for Egypt, had she been willing, to......

The Burnt Paper

SIR,—I would like to correct the assumption in Miss Maurice's letter (in your issue of November 16) that the War Office document containing supplementary figures was dis-......

Sir,—as One Who Has Read With Mounting Enthusiasm Mr....

appeal, at some time when the weather is warmer, for • a youth- march on Hungary, may I make a plea (since • I infer that he will be piping us himself) for the inclusion of a......

Sir,—we Have In The Last Few Weeks Experi- Enced One

of the many benefits which demo- cracy confers upon a society—namely, a genuine difference of opinion. Yet, although everyone may voice an opinion upon the Government's decision......

Down Into Egypt

SIR,—Surely your ME correspondent meant to compare Ben-Gurion to Joshua, rather than to Joseph? ('Israel's Joseph,' Spectator, Novem - ber 16).—Yours faithfully, JOSEF AARON......

Conscience And Constituents

SIR,—In a letter published in your issue tir, November 2 Mr. R. L. Travers challenge d what I had said about Parliamentary govern - ment; and he quoted Keith as authority for......