The attention of correspondents is, again drawn to the necessity for brevity in their letters intended for publication in the correspondence columns of this journal. In the recent controversy regarding the Sudeten German sue considerable latitude was allowed correspondents in order that they should be able to make as jóod a case as they could in view ut of this journal which started rolling. But even then there were correspondents who fand d that a couple of columns of so would be the very least they could expect) For the purpose of declaring their views. In some instances the letters had to be returned to correspondents asking them to cut them down to more convenient size. Some did and some did not. It should be apparent to readers that. very demands are now hi made' upon the space allotted to corgr esponden: This journal naturally welcomes otters from its readers, and is only too anxious find space for them all, but nowadays the longer the letter the less chance has it of being published. A short whi o a ready method of estimating the space a letter is likely, to occupy in these pages was given. It is now ieratéd.. An ordinary sheet of business p typed with double spacing is approximately one-third of a column. One or, two such sheets is sufficient for the type of letter most ceptable for publication. If they are shorter than that, só much the better, but the lengthy screeds "work an injustice upon other correspondents whose letters have often to wait because of pressure on space. Correspondents are invited to ce-operate in this matter, for obviously the more subjects, and the more letters it s possible to deal with on the correspondence page the more interesting must it prove to be.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.