... . I am surprised and disappointed that you should advise the coal masters to rationalise. It is foreign to us, and will only add to our troubles if persisted in. Already we are losing by it because a demand from abroad for our coal has sprung up, and the coal which the buyers insist on cannot be had without serious delay. A number of orders are in consequence being lost. There is only one cure ...

... . In Canada, to-day, there is a great and growing belief that the future of this country lies not in association with the British Empire but in full and active amalgamation with the United States. All over Canada there are organisations, known as Native Sons, who preach the doctrine of a Canada free of all ties with the Motherland. Even certain Canadian newspapers print articles advocating ...

... . We have read with interest an article by Sir Stanley Machin, J. P., and we wish to draw your attention, and his, to the reference to hops. We would point out that the Finance Act of 1925 placed a duty of £4 per cwt. on all foreign hops imported into this country for a period of four years from August 16th, 1925, this date being the expiry of the Government Hop Control established in 1917. At ...

... Union Jack or Red Flag Mr. J. H. Thomas seems to have forgotten the activities of many prominent members of the Labour Party during the war when he claims, in your issue of February 15th, that their self-sacrifice and love of country 11/OrP On nil 4- n 4 Jr o 4- n 4* n mr n4-l-inr pno4-ir.r* C ov^uui uw IJ1CIL l a, liy OCCL1U11 U1 the community. Has he forgotten what he said at Cardiff in ...

... . Having read, and re-read, Mr. Hugo N. Bolton's article Getting Drunk on Pro hibition, and having lived for nearly 20 years in the U.S.A., I am forced to admit the correctness of his statements, however much I am impelled to disagree with his conclusions. For, even if one grants that Mr. Bolton has maintained his thesis, is not that the greatest possible condemnation of his contribution Mr. ...

... . Dear Sir, I do not think that your Editorial in the last issue of Britannia clearly states the de-rating problem rather, I would say that it states your personal opinion without basing that opinion upon facts the truth as you see it through the telescope of your own preconceived opinion. In the first place, the relief will benefit heavy industries chiefly. The total relief has been esti ...

... Cuprammoriium Silk. JJEAR Mil, Our attention has, been- drawn to a paragraph under the heading V Cuprammoriium Silk. We should like' to point out that this Company registered in September, 1920, and now with a fully, subscribed capita! of £505,000, is producing Cuprammonium Artificial Silk of the highest grade to the extent of three tons per day, and in so far as we know is the only company ...

... . Sir, In your journal of October 5th the description oi the Conservative Conference at Yarmouth by D'Egville there are two paragraphs to which I take exception. I refer to the criticisms on the seconders of Resolutions, viz. Such a man was Mr. Harrison, who occupied the full allowance of live minutes to tell us that he agreed with every word Sir Frank Meyer had said. Of course he does, ...

... . bIR, I was amazed to see, among the correspondence printed in the second number of your excellent paper, Britannia, that not a single letter openly expressed satisfaction with your political views in the first number. As one of the younger generation, who sees his country rotten with scheming politicians, scrambling for scats at elections, pDromising anything to get into power, and wasting ...

... Is Cockfighting Sport Dear Sir, The immense pleasure afforded to me by the first two numbers of Britannia was somewhat marred by the article in your second number entitled A Modern Cockfight. The author seemed to be of a mind that your readers were devotees of cock fighting. What I presume to be technical terms were used throughout his article, and I found it difficult to follow in this ...

... . Sir, In the-Memoirs of the Dictator of Italy, published n your review, I read the following statements My first battle was against treason. Some of these perfidious ones wore led on by complicity and selfish desires among the Allies. These Italians were actually setting themselves against the Mother Country Dalniatia. Italian in its origins, ardent as a saint in its faith had waited for the ...

... . Dear Sir, There must be many thousands who, like myself, secured a copy of the first number of Britannia, and, realising that this was the weekly paper for which they had long been looking, went at onea to then- newsagent and placed an order for its regular delivery. Recognising, therefore, the immense influence which Britannia is bound to exert on national thought, I venture (and here again ...