Six,—With reference to Mr. Lees' condemnation of The Spectator, I
have permission to quote a letter I received the other day. It runs—" Thank you so much for The Spectator that arrived today. They come as a great joy, as we feel the lack of reading material here in the army. Those numbers are at the moment circulating round our hut. I'm suddenly extremely popular." Personally I often disagree with the views expressed in the Editor's correspondence, but if the Editor totally discontinued the publishing of readers' letters I'd cancel my subscription. Audiatur altera pars is essential to, and the very lifeblood of, a democratic form of government. The present war could have been prevented in my opinion if we had taken a more active interest in the intentions and life of " the other fellow," which is, after all, politics. The "other fellow " should speak and must be listened to.
I, too, have now been a reader of The Spectator for 31 years, but—I am
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