6 JULY 1912, page 24

Colonel Davidson And The National Reserve.

[TO TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, —It is to be hoped that the National Reserve has taken a permanent - place in the activities and resources of the nation. All honour and......

Administrative Chaos.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—When. the Old Age Pension Act came into operation a good deal of the work in connexion with it was given to the Customs and Excise......

The, British Navy And Italy's Foreign Policy.

[To Tam EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—"If only we could escape from this Triple Alliance !" " If only England could offer us an alliance which would give us more than moral......

The Rise Of Prices.

[To vas EDITOR OF THZ "SPZCTATOIL"1 Sig,—When public opinion is less distracted we shall secure attention for the recent great rise of prices and its causes. But in the interval......

The British Boys' Training Corps. [to The Editor Op The

esracaeroa."1 Sre.,—On April 27th you were kind enough to allow me to an- nounce an experiment of "Military and Industrial Training for Boys," which it was then proposed to make......