1 JANUARY 1965, page 14

Napoleonic

SIR,—I would like to draw the, attention of your readers to 'The Napoleon I Society,' which is now in the process of being formed. The principal aims of the society will be to......

Trust And Duty

SIR,—Mr. Davenport, in his article in your issue of December 18, makes a statement which is so wide of the truth that it must cast doubt on the validity of the rest of the......

Nothing Personal

SIR,—Mr. Maclnnes's review of Nothing Personal contained two such important errors of fact that I feel they deserve correction. He seems to be saying that I used a collection of......

Torture And South Africa

SIR,—It would appear from his letter (December 18) that Provincial Editor' has little or no first-hand knowledge of South Africa. Surely it is just as wrong to champion as to......

Lost Deposits

SIR,—The barriers which stop ordinary men and women from standing for Parliament should be lowered, and no new barriers erected. The £150 deposit is intended to deter, but is......

Baffled

.Sta.—'Spectator's Notebook,' December 18: 'I am often baffled . . .' (signed) Quoodle. Oh fi, sir, fi. Gill Mile, Stanton Harcourt, Oxon CHARLES KIMBER......

Notes From A Refugee

Sta,—Mrs. Price's use of the words 'saboteurs' and 'traitors' to describe 'such' as Mr. Randolph Vigne reminds me that I once stood guard, as I do believe, over the present......

African Politics

SIR,—Mr. Smyth's letter in the Spectator of DeCem- ber 25 is full of, inaccuracies and exaggerations. He also uses the argument, as many others have done, that because Southern......

Overseas Resettlement

SIR,—From your correspondence columns of December 18 I sec that Mr. D. G. P. Taylor, after six months' rest, has remounted his hobby-horse and come back for another tilt at the......