POLITICS IN SCOTLAND [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—The case for Scotland at the present time could scarcely have been put more concisely than by your correspondent in last week's issue. It is difficult to understand why the idea of " nationalism " should evoke so much prejudice, especially from extreme Protestants and the like. Signs of discontent have long been evident, and the result of the recent election at Montrose surely calls for little surprise.
The Government have handled their finances in an admirable way, we must admit ; but it is seldom that they have applied their minds to the needs of the Sister-country. Did they ever consider that Scotland was not a wheat-growing country, or
that Scots' shipbuilding or shale mines might require some subsidy ? They even appear to grudge a paltry sum, in order
to save the country's priceless Records from perishing, so great is their indifference at present 1 The " housing " also appears to compare very badly even with that of industrial Lanca- shire ; and the denying of equal privileges in the way of grants is unreasonable, to say the least. The Government machinery is indeed beginning to creak, as the Cathcart " Imperial Com- mittee " have had the wisdom to see for themselves.—I am,
Scottish National Party (Clydebank Branch).
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