CHATTELS INSURANCE
Sta,—I have just sent another cheque to the Board of Trade as ins premium for "Private Chattels" under the War Damage Act.
A friend of mine tells me I am a fool He argues thus:
(r) If we lose the war, the insurance policy is valueless, as will everything else, including life itself.
(2) A stalemate is universally regarded now as impossible. beaten to our knees, we shall not give in until we have beaten Ge (3) In the case of victory—which we all really believe to be cat however long the road to it may be—surely we shall compel Germany make good the material damage she has done. (The far greater spin damage is of course, irreparable.) Why, then, waste money on ins premiums?
Can you, Sir, tell me the answer to this question? It certainly seem incredible that, with Germany beaten, our own Government the taxpayers—should pay to make good damage caused by Germ
iniquity.—Yours faithfully, W. H. ALLEN WHITWOR Manor Farm, Rendharn, Suffolk.
[One question may be answered by another. Is it so certain that shall succeed this time where we so signally failed last tithe in comPe Germany "to make good the material damage she has done "?— The Spectator.]
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