LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT AS COMMANDER- IN-CHIEF.
(To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.")
SIR,—As a constant reader of the Spectator, I wish to write to you re your article in your issue of July 12th. You say (in your leading article, "Lord Kitchener: an Imperial Foreman of the Works ") : "But when Lord Roberts claims his right to rest and retirement some four or five years hence the man to succeed him is clearly Lord Kitchener." Have you forgotten the Duke of Connaught? Surely he has some claim to being Commander-in-Chief. Perhaps there may be some un- written law that in future no member of the Royal Family shall fill this position ; if not, I cannot see why he should be overlooked. After be had served his turn there would then be time for Lord Kitchener to fill the post. I am only writing
for information on the subject.—I am, Sir, &c., L. S.
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