25 OCTOBER 1940, page 13

The Widening War Sta.—please Allow Me To Emphasise Some Of

the difficulties mentioned in your leader "The Widening War." The Chancellor of the Exchequer estimates our present war expenditure at L9,000,0001 day. The position and actions......

German Strategy Sin,...-one Would Have Thought That The...

Spain—Rou- mania (and beyond) had shown very good consecutive long-range vision—a good deal better vision than ourselves, in fact. Surely ton Kludc's " swerve " from Paris was......

Compensation For House-owners Sir, —anxiety About The...

in which so many small people have invested all their savings is a threat to national morale which must not be underrated. It may be unreasonable to expect the Government in the......

War Aims Snt,—mr. Churchill Truly Said In A Recent Speech:

"The ground is. not new; it has been frequently traversed and explored." For instance, in the House, on February 12th, 1793, when the French had declared war in a comparable......

The Presidential Election

Sta,—A Republican friend with Republican associations writes: "The Winkle campaign is perhaps less encouraging than we had thought, or is he perhaps a more ordinary person? For......

The Real Conflict

Si,—No cause, even the best, gains from overstatement. I cannot think that Mr. R. A. Edwards' characterisation of Hitlerism as the flower of Humanism is either just or, from a......