7 DECEMBER 1951, Page 24

Six—Janus asks if the Press chiefs ever heard why Aristides

was ostracised. This is loose thinking, as in the journals, including the Spectator, which habitually treat King Canute as a -vain fool, instead of one who gave his courtiers a needed lesson. Janus means, why one single voter wished him ostracised. There is no particular reason why a Press thief's knowledge should go beyond this.—Yours faithfully,