24 MAY 1919, Page 14

ITO THE EDITOR Or THE "SrECTATOR."]

Ssa,—If there be one thing necessary to combat unrest, it is the realisation that behind all bureaucracy there is a soul in Government. We should have a representative National Peace Thanksgiving, at which Mr. Speaker, in the presence of the Royal Family, Peers, .ministers of all creeds and denominations, would lead the Commons and people in the recital of a brief, manly confession of humble gratitude and resolution to amend our lives to the service of mankind and the glory of God. This, followed by a vereien of the National Anthem in keeping with the sentiments of the day, led by a band and choir representa- tive of all the Services, would represent a sentiment not yours,

not mine, but ours.—I am, Sir, AO., PRIVATE L519.