27 OCTOBER 1917, Page 15

THE SOUTHERN SLAVS.

(To TM EDITOR OF sae SPROTAT011.")

SIR,—Will you allow one whose sympathies and interests have for many years lain largely in Italy to thank you most cordially for the admirable tone of your articles on the Southern Slave P Their future in its relation to Italy could not be better put than in the concluding sentence of your review of Mr. A. H. E. Taylor's book in your issue of October 6th (p. 957). It gives in a nutshell what is really the best Italian opinion on the subject as voiced by the Corriere della Sera.—I am, Sir, &O., BRITISH-ITALIAN ILEAOVIR.