THE CROSS AND THE CRISIS
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—I am shocked by Canon Lloyd's facile conception of Democracy and Dictatorship as embodying respectively the forces of good and evil. The issue is not so simple. Democ- racy has its faults, and dictators, however much may be said against them, are understandably human. " Evil, in the shape of Mussolini and. Hitler, is still in process of claiming the initial victory "—what a crude statement to make ! Are we, then, free of blame for the evil which has been let loose in the world today ? The nation which gave its consent to the Treaty of Versailles has small right to proclaim itself Christian, or to brand the dictators of Europe as emissaries of Satan. Happily, the number of those who ate able to think charitably and exercise an honest humility of judgement in international ranters increases yearly. That, at least, is a step towards the realisation of the Christian spirit.—Yours faithfully, Englefreld Green, Surrey. MARGARET F. RICHEY.
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