25 JANUARY 1930, page 18

An Atlantic Pact?

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] St;,—The correspondence which immediately preceded the opening of the Five-Power Naval Conference found the British and French Governments both......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sia,—in Your Issue Of

January 18th LOrd Astor says " The Trade spends large sums in organization to bring pressure to bear on Parliament and the Government to reduce taxes on spirits." It would be......

The Cost Of The "dole"

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. Angus Watson's letter on this subject, appearing in your issue of January 18th, raises a question whose solution is vital to the......

Lord D'abernon's Temperance Policy

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—Lord Astor says that he is- " intrigued." He cannot understand why, if Lord D'Abernon has "a new epoch-making policy " he does not produce......