4 OCTOBER 1913, page 30

[to Tee Editor 07 The "spectator. "] Sir, _your Columns Are

too valuable to allow the prolonga- tion of an old controversy, which, however, is still vitally important. All I will say in reply to Mr. 3. Archibald Allen is that the......

Canals And The State.

[TO THE Enrroa OF TEE "SPECTATOR. "] Six,—Mr. Neville Chamberlain in his letter to you in support of the policy of State aid to canals says that " The gain to be looked for is......

[to Trh Editor Op Tee "spectator. "] Sin,—surely There...

a good deal of confusion in the mind of Mr. Allen if he sees any resemblance between old-age pensions and the pensions of ex-Cabinet Ministers, officers and soldiers in the Navy......

Charles Lever And Irish Politics. [to The Editor Op The

" SPECTATOR."] SIR,—On taking up again, after more than fifty years, an old novel by Charles Lever, " The Knight of Gwynne," I am struck by a prophetic passage put into the......

Ancient Classics And Modern Politics.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—The following passages from ancient classics bearing upon modern politics may be of interest at the present time. (1) With reference......

The Responsibility Of Labour.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] Six, —It seems generally conceded by students of the labour question that the chief points of controversy between capitalists and labour......

Old-age Pensions And Pauperism.

[To THE EDITOR OP TEE "Sru-rAror."] SIN,—In reply to Mr. Allen's last letter may I be allowed to point out that, without any suspicion of connivance, but simply from the want of......