1 JULY 1899, Page 25

THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—A recent experience of mine is so absolutely foreign to peace—or,even a Peace Conference—that I venture to put it before you. I lately ordered a considerable number of six- penny books for a school library. With one exception the books were of love, of interesting morality, of simple intellectual strife. All the books, with the one exception, were sent me at once. The one exception was sold out. The one exception was "Robbery under Arms." Have the awakened consciences of rulers quite fathomed human nature? First "scotch your hare," then prepare for the world a peaceful repast.—I am,