10 DECEMBER 1898, Page 13

THE POLICY OF " PIN-PRICKS."

[To THE EDITOR 01 THE " SPECTATOR.."] SIR,—Has the policy of " annoyance " or " pin-pricks," which the French are at last sensible that they have been indulging in towards us so long, ever been better and more neatly described than by Aristotle ? (Rhet. II. 2, 3)—" ycip a irnpeccatti; iizroZotalAti; Talc 190047101Y ovx .11/a Ti Ca1741 axx. 'IP CI /Ai Annoyance ' is thwarting another's wishes, not to gain any- thing for one's self, but to prevent his gaining something."—