a,—I am truly sorry that Mr. Harold Nicolson cannot agree
with me I value his opinion. On two points, however, we do agree, that there
uld be no more titles created after April 24th, 1942, and that the suffix Esquire " should be abolished, but our general disagreement is funda- sal, I fear.
I look forward to a future more colourful and romantic than any of our t, and to new wines of such vintage that old bottles, however curious, not be worthy of them. Among other changes I look forward to an pper Chamber becoming representative and democratic, in which the
vaibols of a picturesque past would fade painlessly away, with, as I agest, the last heir alive today. Thus no one would be prejudiced but unborn, and for a generation or two examples of what Mr. Nicolson our obsolete eccentricities would remain to give diversity to life. the numbers thinned they could be replaced by Life Peers until, ugh trial and error a nearer approach is made to better forms of arliamentary government.
I do not hope to abolish snobbishness, but to promote a greater ease social intercourse by making unnecessary " your Grace " and " your dship " with their inevitable effects. " Alderman " Jones and Ambassador" Winant are not sweet sounding titles, I admit, but they esent something accomplished, not inherited. With regard to opinion broad I cannot assess the views of foreigners, but I have lived in one minion and travelled much in others and in the U.S.A. In these etudes, among a few, the adulation of a title reaches its peak, but the at majority of our English-speaking allies regard our system of caste privilege with a puzzled contempt which is not conducive to esteem respect, or so it seems to me.—Yours truly, ROBERT GREIG.
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