3 OCTOBER 1896, Page 13

LETTERS TO TIIE EDITOR:

MR. GLADSTONE AND THE ATROCITIES.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."'

SIR,—Yon say, in the Spectator of September 26th, of Mr. Gladstone's proposal that "it is as if a policeman said to a burglar, If you murder that old gentleman I will never speak to you again.'" But what if the policeman were one of six policemen, and the other five sti'd to him, 'If you interfere to prevent that old gentleman from being murdered, we will knock you on the head ' F—I am, Sir, &c, The Close, Exeter, September 30th. C. W. GIBRALTAR.