" THE SPECTATOR " AND GERMANY
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sur,—The loss of a subscriber is probably of no more import. to you than the demise of an ant is to an ant colony. I am an old subscriber to The Spectator and hope to be a subscriber. again. I cannot read your journal now because of its present attitude towards the German Government. Straightforward, reasoned opposition, based upon established fact, one must accept. But it seems to me that your hostility is such and your hatred such that you do not hesitate to stoop to any degree of vituperative insolence in your comments upon the Hitler regime.
I dislike dictatorships and pray we may never have such in this country. But I believe the dictators in Europe— including Hitler—are using all the vigour of their lives in an effort honestly to uplift their country. We may not approve the methods of Hitler, but I sometimes wonder what would be our attitude towards him had we been born Germans in Germany. Yours seems to be the attitude of ancient Rome towards Carthage, and no one now admires Rome for what she did. I wonder whether there are others who think as I do and are hurt by your incessant biassed propaganda !— Yours faithfully, C. RrvEits. Belmont, Redruth, Cornwall.
[Having been more than once accused of being pro-Nazi
we are encouraged by this letter to believe that we may have succeeded in keeping a reasonably even balance. To mention only one point, The Spectator has consistently urged that disarmament discussions should be resumed on the basis of the essentially reasonable and practical proposals of Herr Hitler's government of last April.—En. The Spectator.]
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