[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' Sra,—May an appreciative reader
of your paper be permitted to thank you for your lucid explanation of the Marconi case ? So far as I have been able to fathom Mr. Lloyd George's voluntary statement, I am reminded of four immortals: the lady who protested too much ; the man who advised assuming a virtue; the one—Ah Sin by name—who was childlike and bland, and played a game he did not understand; and the diplomatist (schoolboy's version) who "puts things in a new and better light, so as to make them mean something quite different." I am puzzled to determine whether, by his guile- less offer of pass-books to prove his poverty, he is simply playing to the gallery, or attempting to disarm criticism by claiming that circumstances alter cases, or trailing a herring. The plea, I have neglected my own business in return for a salary of £5,000 a year and the kudos of the high position of Chancellor of the Exchequer,' scarcely arouses acute pity for the pleader, nor suggests an excuse for even a suspicion of sailing near the wind. Perhaps after reading your further comments I may be able to readjust my ideas.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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