3 DECEMBER 1910, page 13

Letters To The Editor.

THE REFERENDUM IN SWITZERLAND. [To TIE EDITOE Of TIM "SPECTLTOP...1 Sra,—I have for long been a strong advocate of the Referendum, as it is worked in Switzerland, believing it......

[to Ma Editor Of Rue " Srlcuron."] Sin,—would Not Tacitus,

with that magnificent brevity to which you refer in your defence of the Referendum in the Spectator of November 19th, have retorted to opponents of that measure that "it is much......

[to The Editor Of The " Spectltor:9

Snt,—The Liberals object to the suggestion of the House of Lords having the power to refer the Bills of the House of Commons to the decision of the electorate. They object on......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator."]

it too late to follow the lead given by Lord Curzon in his speech at Glasgow on November 25th, in which he stigmatised the word " Referendum " as a " pseudo-classical......

The Referendum.

[To THII EDITOR OF Tire "SPECTATOR:9 Srn,—In your article of last week on the Referendum you appear to consider the working of the Referendum in Switzerland satisfactory. Early......

[to Thz Editor Or Ter "spectator."] Sir,—at The Joint...

of the Council and Committee of the British Constitution Association, held at the office to-day (Tuesday), Mr. Hutchinson Harris in the chair, on the motion of Lord Cromer,......

[to The Editor Or Ter " Spectator."'

Snt,—Never was demagogue flown with "hot air" and (political) wantonness more suddenly checked in his oratorical career than was Mr. Lloyd George by that blessed word......