2 SEPTEMBER 1966, page 14

Sir,—in Countries Where The Police Are Armed They Tend To

shoot first and ask questions afterwards. This results in more killings, sometimes of the innocent, than would result here from the restoration of a death penalty for murdering......

A Tiger In Mao's Tank

ion IL r]2 7 1 0 From: David Ashton, Leonard Cottrell, R. Marcetic, Ian C. Bradley, T. F. H. Hudson, N. Hopkin, Geoffrey W. Fielding, Frank Hauser, C. E. Walton, Ray Waller.......

Strange Case Of Mihajlo Mihajlov Sir,—it Was Refreshing...

a little encouraging for Yugoslav democrats to read the truthful and accurate article by Mr Szamuely about M. Mihajlov. Here is a journalist who obviously knows what he is......

Coping With Depression Sir.—as One Ex-depressive (though...

member of that club). may I be allowed to comment on John Rowan Wilson's article 'Coping with Depression' in last week's SPECTATOR? That in a single year fifteen out of every......

Arming The Police

SIR.—Mr Ludovic Kennedy ('A Spectator's Note- book,' August 19) has crushed one argument against the arming of the British police. But there are other more important arguments......

S*x Behind The Curtain

SIR,—Thank you for printing Mr Tibor Szamuely's reply to Miss Olga Franklin's letter criticising his article on 'S*x Behind the Curtain.' His concluding statement that the......