THE FUTURE OF RHODES.
[To rail EDITOR or Tea "Sracraroa."] §rE,—Colonel A. 0. Yate, writing in the Spectator of February 14th, asks whether the old Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes, and Malta, strongly represented as it is in Italy, Austria, Prussia, England, France, and Spain, is quite incapable of interesting and bestirring itself in the matter of the transfer of the island of Rhodes to Turkey. I think that the matter touched upon by your correspondent is of interest to the whole Christian world, and it is the duty of all European Governments to bring pressure to bear on the future possessor of that historic island to protect most jealously the relics existing there. I believe that not too much attention has until now been given to the treasures of the ancient Order of St. John. I may quote as an example the case of Malta. Notwithstanding the efforts of private bodies, those more directly concerned appear to take little heed of transmitting to future generations intact the glories of the past.—I am,
Sir, &c., GEORGE Boa% LL.D. Siculorum Oymaaium, Malta.
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