16 SEPTEMBER 1911, Page 16

"SYNDICALISM AND LABOUR."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your review of "Syndicalism and Labour" in your issue of the 2nd inst. you quote the author as saying that " Tortelier first suggested the idea of a general strike in 1888"; but surely the idea of a general strike was suggested by the Chartists and actually attempted in the Midlands with disastrous results to the strikers. See Thomas Cooper's Autobiography.—I am, Sir, &e., C. PITHER. Castle Cary.