LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE MARCONI CASE. rTo THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR:I Sin,—In your long article of March 22nd on "The Marconi Case," you have apparently missed the point in morals. Certain members of the Government, it was suggested, had been guilty of discreditable action ; indefinite and intangible, but most wicked, reports were circulated. The Spectator, always protesting that it refused to endorse or even believe these reports, contributed to their wider circulation. They have now been proved to be absolutely without foundation. But for these scandalous and baseless statements, the question of holding shares in the American Marconi Company would not have arisen, or, if it had, would not have been considered worthy of remark. Much may be said on the general question on both sides about members of the Government bolding shares in any speculative concerns. It is a difficult matter: on the whole I am disposed to agree with your view. But the point now is whether it would not have been more proper for
the Spectator to express regret for helping to spread such evil reports (always under protest) than to moralize. "The essential duty of the Unionist Party," you say elsewhere," is to destroy the present Government, and not to stand upon political punctilios." May I not ask if there are not moral punctilios upon which it is also wise policy, if nothing else, to stand?—
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