26 JUNE 1920, page 15

" A Better Time For Farming."

[To TIM EDITOR or TED " SPZCZATOR.") SIR, — Does the above heading really form a correct deduction from the perusal of the Agriculture Bill? To decide this let us consider the......

Tile Thresher And The Whale Ito The Editor Or The

"SPECTATOR."] SIR, It le difficult to see what harm a comparatively small animal, such as a Thresher shark, could do to a large whale. The sperm whale—Physeter macrocephalus—and......

The Destruction Of The City Churches.

[To ME EDITOR or THE " 8PRCIATOR."1 Stir.,--Anglican eoclesiastics as a rule have no regard whatever for the dignified beauty which attaches itself to the buildings -of the Wren......

The Seizure Of Private Property.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "i3PECTATOR."] Sum, — Some little time ago you published a letter of mine on the subject of Government appropriation of •private property, and I quoted the......

Nature Red Ln Tooth And Claw.

[To THE ED/TOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sis,—In reading Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones' letter in last week's Spectator I grieved at the tale of woe told by the game- keeper—" whom......

The Teaching Of German In Our Schools. Lto The Editor

or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR.—In many of our schools there has been a tendency to eliminate German from the list of subjects taught. Is not this a mistake? It may be that our......