[To , the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
Sin,—By what right does Mr. Hammond assert in your last: issue that " it is now generally agreed that the behaviour of England and France at the Peace Conference was as short- sighted as it was selfish " ? Even the adage " spoils to the victors " does not apply in this case. One has only to refer to the appalling expenditure of blood and treasure by the two nations indicated which bore the brunt of the contest in order to refute such a charge. Has Mr. Hammond forgotten the cancellation of our just dues and the heavy taxation under which this country is labouring and will continue so to do for centuries to come ?
I will say nothing of the liberating influences now enjoyed by the mandated territories nor the incentive to development which might conceivably disappear under the direct govern- ment of the League of Nations.—I am, Sir, your obedient
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