12 JANUARY 1918, page 13

" Grave " And " Drastic."

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SID, — Scarcely a day passes but one or two Ministers and a score or so of Controllers call "grave" and " drastic" to their rescue, These......

War And Poetry.

[To THE EDITOR or TEL " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I have been to-day hunting round some of the old bookshops in Oxford, and I found in one shop on a stall marked M. two very excellent......

Britain's Example In East Africa

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR...3 SIR, —It is my lot to live in a large native village near Lake Nyasa. The season's harvest has been a very poor one. Where it is possible,......

Poetry.

TO ENGLAND IN THE NEW YEAR. O ENGLAND, there are foes within thy gates, The deadlier because we ealled them friend : For foe is he who halts and hesitates To keep the stern......

The High Court In Ireland.

[To tam Earroa or rue " SPECTATOR."] Sta,—The thanks of the public are due to you for your publica- tion in your last issue of the letter signed " A Loyal Irish Tax- payer"......

A Premature Peace.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—In 1794 various resolutions for a peace with France were introduced into Parliament. Against one of these Lord Abingdon uttered -......

The Vatican And The War.

• [To THE EDITOFt or THE " SPICIATOR."] Sui,—In an article in the Fatnightly Review of October, 1906 . entitled "The Papal Aggression in France," the writer throws it wonderful,......

Notice.—when " Correspondence" Or Articles Ore Signed...

name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be h eld to be in agree- meat with the views therein expressed or with the......

" New Year Resolves."

AT the request of many of our readers our leading article "New Year Resolves," which appeared in the Spectator on Decem- ber 29th, 1917, has been republished in pamphlet form.......