18 NOVEMBER 1932, Page 14

BACK TO THE COAL STANDARD [To the Editor of the

SPECTATOR.] Sia,—Your review, I think, it not quite fair to Captain Acworth's book. It does not even mention his chief conten- tion—that it is dangerous for the Navy to rely entirely on foreign fuel when Wales has the best steam coal in the world. Again, Captain Acworth does not say that it is " wrong " to prefer the omnibus to the tram or the motor-coach to the train, only that it is wasteful ; because the tram and the train pay for their track while the coach and the omnibus wear out a track constructed and maintained by the ratepayer.—I am, Sir, &c., J. E. ALLEN. 2 St. Peter's Terrace, Cambridge.