6 FEBRUARY 1942, page 14

Women Diplomats

SIR,—How nobly some of our feminine mouthpieces " are trying to fight the cause of woman ! Women Diplomats, says Miss Eleanor Rathbone in her letter to you, might be most useful......

The S.p.c.e.

SIR,—How glad I am that " Janus " has invented the S.P.C.E.! For now we have a court to which we can bring atrocities with the comforting knowledge that they will at any rate be......

Stit,—mr. Harold Nicolson Writes: "the French, And To...

the Italians, being logical and insular . . ." Is it not the height of insularity to describe a Continental nation as " insular "? At the same time, it is difficult to suggest a......

Music And The B.b.c.

Snt,—May I be allowed an inch or two in your valuable columns to endorse most forcibly your quite unanswerable article on " Music and the B.B.C." written by W. J. Turner in your......

Foreign Place Names

Sut,I hope Mr. Nicolson likes as much as I do the rather ingenious Lompromise adopted by some announcers—the use of the English name for foreign towns, but pronounced in a......

New Taxation

Sta,—The time is drawing near when the Chancellor of the Exchequer has to find fresh sources of revenue to meet the war expenses . of the country. This task is becoming more......

This Freedom Nonsense

Sue,—With reference to " Janus's " comment on the Master of the Rolls, it is extremely undesirable that a Roman Catholic should occupy such a position, as it is equally......

Sm,—in Family Relationships, In Occupation And In Public...

is a born ambassador and diplomatist, her inherent patience, tact and perseverance against odds specially qualifying her for the work. She succeeds as a Member of Parliament and......

• Captain Balfour's Broac Cast

am amazed at the enclosed, written by you in The Spectator. How you can approve of the Headmaster of Rugby's impossible letter is more than I can understand. Captain Balfour's......

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