24 APRIL 1936, page 22

The War In Abyssinia

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—England is humiliated. In our anxiety to carry out the Covenant of the League, we and other members have played into the hands of Italy.......

The Disastrous Rat - [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

SIR,—Mr. Bensusan's article in the last issue of The Spectator gives a very timely warning, and the only criticism which can be made of it is that it might well have been longer......

Mr. Wells And The Jews

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] read with much interest the article by Mr. II. G. Wells (No. XIII) on "The Case for Persecution." I am not sure whether the views therein......

Ethiopia And The Tyrol

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The news that Italy proposes to abolish slavery in the conquered territories of Ethiopia is doubtless all to the good, but if the measure......

A Proverb Revised

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Might we not now bring an old saying—" Like a red rag to a bull "—rather more up to date, and substitute- " Like a red cross to an......

Naturalists In The Colonies

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Chance visitors to the Colonies—as for eirample Mr. Julian Huxley in Africa View, in his comment on East Africans—often make the......