4 SEPTEMBER 1936, Page 18

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Some of the reports

on the events in the Spanish Civil War, made in The Spectator of the 14th instant, constitute a misstatement of facts made with the evident aim of mis- leading the English people on such a grave situation as is the spreading of Communism throughout Europe.

The Editor's comments are cynical, and revolting to a person of sense and sound character. . .

Such a procedure is unworthy of any honest paper, and indeed is quite an exception in the English Press, which, has such fine traditions of fair play.

I must therefore discontinue my subscription to The