[To ma EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—May I say
how welcome your suggestion of a League of Good Citizens is? It is the only possible means of countering the sinister influences at work (for the destruction of the England our soldiers died to free) under the cloak of Labour. Many years ago Sir Arthur Clay recommended just such an organization in his interesting book Syndicalism and Labour. Whatever the so-called Labour Party may say, and however they may try to obscure the issues, all thoughtful people know that political revolution is at the back of these strikes, though the ignorant tools may think otherwise. All who love England owe a great debt of gratitude to the Duke of Northumberland for his courage in openly challenging the, leaders of trade unionism. If there is no sinister revolutionary move behind the constant unrest, let the trade unions conduct their opera- tions on democratic lines: (a) Have all their ballots secret; (b) have all their conferences open. They prate about the danger of secret diplomacy, but take good care to conduct all their conferences behind sealed doors, from which they issue autocratic orders to be obeyed without question, vote, or dis- cussion by the millions under their tyrannical rule. It is time the truth was preached, and the habit of always patting Labour on the back, because it is so corporately thin-skinned, was stopped. Let them learn their fatal limitations, and perhaps then it may be impossible for any Labour member to say, as Mr. Clynes did, that it was better to yield all demands, how- ever subversive of society, if it cost less than fighting them! I will gladly,-though only a woman no longer young, help in any way I can to found the League of Good Citizens.—I am, Sir,
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