7 MAY 1932, Page 18

0 SI SIC OMNES . : [To the Editor of

the SPECTATOR.] „ Ste,—You may be inte:restectiu,_and, possibly.gratifta&by, an incident which occurred in a train within the last few dayS rear Manchester. A friend of mine entered my eontPartment with this week's Spectator among his papent. In the course of conversation regarding our pleasure in reading it, it' trans- pired that his copy went to British Columbia and my oVvn went to South India. A stranger in another corner of the com- partment picked up a copy of this week's Spectator fronkamong his papers, and said, " And nine goes to Southern Rhodesia! "

One wonders how inaccurate must be the figures of your cir- culation as attested to by your chartered accountants