28 MARCH 1931, Page 15

RUSSIAN LABOUR

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—What subtle minds some people have It makes a difference to Mr. Sloan whether he is a person who is the legal property of another and is bound to absolute obedience or whether he is under the absolute control of a body of persons who govern a country and is bound to absolute obedience. In other wards, it makes a difference to him whether he is in the position of a slave or a convict. Though the stench from the Russian forests offends the nostrils of the civilized world, that country presents a veritable Utopia to Mr. Sloan. Truly some people are on a different plane of thought and it is useless to reason with them.—I am, Sir, &c., 5 King's Bench Walk,' Temple, E.G. A. ROBINSON.