2 SEPTEMBER 1911, Page 14

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In your article of

August 26th, "Reflections on the Strike," and referring to the employment of the military you say, " The Liberals of Manchester talk as though an outrage had been committed on their liberties." This by no means represents the general feeling among Liberals here ; on the contrary there is a strong unanimity of opinion that the presence of the soldiers was a most potent factor in the preservation of the comparative law and order that marked the later labour disturbance through which we have just passed. The firm action of the Government in this respect has com- manded the approval of all here with the exception of a very few, who are in sympathy with the views expressed by one of our local organs, a daily of high tone but overripe sentiment-