26 AUGUST 1955, page 15

On Inconvenient Allies

SIR,—Latest contributions to the Week's Good (Get-tough-with-Communism) cause: A fine flourish of classical scholarship from Mr. C. J. Hewart writing from an aptly named......

Abolition Of Capital Punishment Sir,—a National Campaign...

be launched with the object of bringing capital punishment to an end at the earliest possible moment. The Executive Committee consists of Canon Collins, of St. Paul's, Gerald......

Sir, —at This Moment When The Air Is Heavy With The

beating of doves' wings would it not be a nice gesture to offer the Russians the body of Karl Marx now lying in Highgate Cemetery? They would surely be overjoyed to receive it,......

Sir,—as Crofters, Who Have Had Our Roots For Centuries In

the soil of South Uist, we find it not a little tiresome that Mr. Denis Branagan, a recent incomer to North Uist, should diag- nose the alleged ills of an entirely different......

Sir,—nicholas Davenport Makes Certain Remarks About Our...

seem to me debatable (August 19, page 264). He writes, 'It is possible to have full employment and an international surplus, but only if output rises faster than the wage cost......

Sta.—after Senor Albaricoque's Article, 'cric- Ket...

the MCC will ask the Voice of America to broadcast for Spanish listeners a more accurate description of the game. To start with : 'Players and Gentle- men'—neverl But someone......

Thomas The Rhymer -

Sta,—It is difficult not to admire the skill of Mr. Davenport's letter, but his urbanity and good humour should not be allowed to con- ceal his avoidance of the real issue......

The Doomed Island

SIR,—Mr. Branagqn's letter has brought accuracy and an informed viewpoint to this correspondence. I spent years in the Uists, and I go there frequently still; I know hundreds of......