19 JANUARY 1940, page 17

John Howard

SIR,—A hundred and fifty years ago, on January 20th, 1790, John Howard died in Russia on active-service for humanity. He was 64 years old and had gone to the Crimea because the......

Letters To The Editor

[Correspondents are requested to keep their letters as brief as is reasonably possible. Signed letters are given a preference over those bearing a pseudonym, and the latter must......

Let Hitler Judge Hitler

Sm,—Opinion is sharply divided as to the effectiveness of Nazi propaganda in this country, and what retaliation, if any, should be taken. It is the old controversy of Free Trade......