11 MAY 1918, Page 3

In moving the second reading of the Bill imposing increased

postal charges, Mr. Illingworth intimated on Monday that letters to soldiers serving abroad would still be carried at the present rate. Colonel Collins urged that this privilege should be extended to. British sailors and to soldiers, wherever they were serving. Our sailors can hardly be excluded from the concession to soldiers on foreign service, although it may cost more, as Mr. Pike Pease pointed out, to handle their letters ; and the pniposal to include the men afloat is to be considered. The taxpayer will grudge no reasonable relief to Service men and their families.