24 JANUARY 1941, page 13

The Cabinet And War-aims

Sm,—Depressing but hardly convincing—that, I feel, is a not unfair summing-up of your article, "The Cabinet and War-Aims." We are fighting the second great war in twenty years,......

Education And Religion

Sts,--It is indeed only too true that as a nation we are lazy thinkers. In his letter, Mr. Fyfe shows himself to be a conspicuous example. He apparently fails to understand the......

Progress And The Poor

Snt,—A vote of thanks to the Rev. James Johnston for his letter in your issue of last week. What he says is both true and opportune. No one who knew the conditions of the weekly......

A World-state

SIR,—The best way to economise space is to present this letter as a series of propositions, and to leave it to your readers to think out their arguments, for and against, so as......

"billet Snatchers"

SIR,—I think it is time that someone should take up the cudgels on behalf of the billet-snatchers referred to in The Spectator. Many of these so-called " drones " have been......

Letters To The Editor

[In view of the paper shortage it is essential that letters on these pages should be brief. We are anxious not to reduce the number of letters, but unless they are shorter they......