19 AUGUST 1938, Page 22

THE EAST ADMONISHES THE WEST

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—Mr. Joad errs in surmising that, in crediting him with encyclopaedic knowledge of China and the Far East, I was puffing your readers' legs." The limbs I had in mind were Mr. Joad's ; they appear to be curiously lacking in resiliency.—I am, &c., J. 0. P. BLAND. Brudenell House, Aldeburgh.