7 NOVEMBER 1931, page 13

Free Trade V. Protection

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] STR,—Mr. James II. Weager's sneer that those who favour tariffs do so solely from self-interest cannot but suggest to those who differ from him......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—i Was Shocked To

see the Spectator omitting the funda- mental cause of the downfall of (not Labour, but) the official Labour Party at the General Election : it was the moral issue. Here was a......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

SIR,—The one outstanding fact emerging from the recent Polling, is the practical disfranchisement of a large proportion of the nation. While the total Opposition poll is about......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sin,—the True And Inner

reason for the signal triumph of the National Government is that, at long last, the electorate has had the almost unique opportunity of voting on a national and non-party issue.......

After The General Election [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

SIR,—That the vast Conservative majority does not fairly represent the proportion of votes given to the Conservative Party goes without saying. But would the strength of the......

Letters To The Editor

[In view of the length of many of the letters which we receive, we would remind correspondents that we often cannot give space for long letters and that short ones are generally......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir. —your Attitude To The

result of the General Election makes some, at any rate, of your readers rub their eyes in astonishment. You say in your News of the Week columns, under the paragraph headed "......