SIR,—The facts are extracted from [To the Editor of THE

SPECTATOR.]

the official Communiques :

To destroy properties and crops ! Do you call it STRIKE ?

To destroy schools by fire ! Do you call it STRIKE?-

To murder man, to desecrate grave-

yards, to destroy water sources I Do you call it STRIKE ?

To stab and shoot innocent animals

i.e., cows, horses, and donkeys ! Do you call it STRIKE ?

To enter under pretext of friendship or pity and ask for water to drink and to pay the donor with a

bullet in his back ! Do you call it STRIKE ?

To throw bombs and put fire to the factories, hospitals, sanatoria,

and Children and Invalid Homes ! Do you call it STRIKE ?

To destroy bridges and derail trains and to cause the death of inno-

cent people inside ! Do you call it STRIKE ?

In conclusion : A land and fields which were full with stones and thorns, and have been converted into a true garden of Eden with a strenuous

and ambitious work of twenty-five

years, to put it back into its old

wild and desert aspect in twenty- five minutes by uprooting, cutting,

burning the several thousands of fine trees of oranges, lemons, citrus, olives, winegrapes, and

other trees to combat malaria ! Do you call it STRIKE ?

or

Barbarism, Savagery

and Cruelty ?

With my anticipated thanks.—Yours faithfully,