25 MAY 1934, page 22

The Problem Of Government [to The Editor Of Tim Spectator.]

SIR, —While Sir John Fischer Williams' scheme of proportional representation as a panacea for our is'excellent in theory, it cannot fail to produce complete chaos in practice.......

The Steel Trap

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I should be very grateful if any of your readers could give me information on the following two points. • (I.) It was pointed out in your......

First Things First !

[To the Editor of TIIE SPECTATOR.] 'wrote, on April 20th : " In our mad (voting) system, nobody's vote is worth a jot, unless it is cast for a winner. . . . In every election,......

Football In The United States [to The Editor Of The.

SPECTATOR.] Sia,—In The Spectator of April 13th is a brief comment on the visit of the Cambridge University Rugger XV to the Eastern States, where your contributor Janus......

" The Latchstring Is • Out . [to The Editor

of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I have never seen or heard the above expression before it appeared in The Spectator, but to me, at least, the meaning of it is perfectly obvious. In my......

Industrial Insurance [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]...

Germany has prevented me from answering earlier Mr. Harrison's letter in your issue of May 11th. If he will also study the evidence given before the Committee he will find what......

Calumniating . Marx [to The Editor Of Ti:m Spectator.]

Sta,_—No finer example of the workings of petty prejudice could be provided. than a sentence in Mr. Ensor's review of Mr. E. Carr's biography of Karl ,Marx. Mr, Ensor says " he......

Matrimonial Disputes [to The Editor Of . Tug Spectator.]...

of justice will be grateful for the prominence given in the columns of .The.Spectator to the need for reform in the• matrimonial jurisdiction of the Police Courts. Lord......