21 JUNE 1902, Page 13

rro THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, — In the Spectator of

June 14th you say : "Thousands of good Churchmen, who would never abandon the designation 'Catholic' as the exclusive designation of the Roman Com- munion." I take it that you mean they would never hand over the designation to the exclusive use of the Roman Catholics. But I would venture to point out that as it now stands the sentence might equally be understood as meaning that they would never cease to use the designation in the limited Roman Catholic sense. It would be regrettable if the Spectator were to be quoted as endorsing the latter view.—I [Our correspondent's interpretation of our words is perfectly correct. —En. Spectator.]