Letters, Feb. 23, 1931

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"Gen. Butler attended an enlisted men's dance and then went to get his family at a dance at a hotel in San Diego.

"I was standing in the lobby when Col. Williams came in. He was supported by a junior officer and he was very noisy and apparently was quite drunk. Gen. Butler also was in the lobby when Williams reeled up to him and warned him he could not rule with a high hand in the West.

"Gen. Butler turned to me. He said, 'This fellow is disgracing his uniform, but I hate to arrest him just after arriving at this station.'

"I told Gen. Butler I would have to prefer charges against him if he neglected his duty in that way. Under these circumstances there was nothing else for Gen. Butler to do but put Col. Williams under arrest at once.

"I blame myself very much for the distorted stories that got about after the arrest of Col. Williams, and it was an unfortunate mischance that prevented me from giving out the true story."—ED.

Dante & Cervantes

Dante ranks Cervantes. But, put Chandor in panties; By that you will act wittily. Will please the folk in Italy; Whilst those in Spain Will feel no pain! Quixote seems to live again.

JOHN EDWARD BOYS

Los Angeles,' Calif.

Sirs:

. . . You quote a verse by Douglas Chandor (TIME, Feb. 2), the which you very evidently admire.

It cannot be that TIMEditors do not realize that this is merely another in the millions of imitations of Ogden Nash? If they do realize it, why not give this overaped manner a rest, and let Ogden rest on his badly rhymed laurels?

SAMUEL DALSIMER

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Sirs:

Whoa, TIME! stay your hand a bit! Dip your pen in the sand a bit. That rhyme about Cervantes is

A world above my fantasies.

No thimblerigging rapparee,

No jobber in kidnappery

No filcher I ! Be moral, please

And take that wealth of laurel, please

And reverently rest it on

The dome of Mister Chesterton.

DOUGLAS CHAXDOR

Washington, D. C.

Son & Sire

Sirs:

In your issue of Feb. 9 I noticed among your British news—"Up spoke Wayward Winnie who has long sought to wrest leadership of the Conservative Party from Baldwin.*. . ."

I am certain that a magazine of your high repute and obvious desire for accuracy would not publish such a statement unless it possessed some foundation in actual fact. I am always interested in my father's activities, but confess with shame that in regard to this aspect of them I am woefully ignorant. May I, therefore, inquire what is the basis of truth on which you rely for the allegation contained in the words I have italicized and in particular how long and in what way this has been going on.

RANDOLPH S. CHURCHILL

San Francisco, Calif.

Son Churchill well knows that-Sire Churchill, ever ambitious, broke last month with Conservative Leader Stanley Baldwin on the issue of India's future status, resigned from the Conservative "shadow cabinet" on Jan. 27, 1931. He has since continued (with no appearance of success) his attempts (by loud public speechmaking) to get a wagging hold on the Conservative party through its die-hard tail, of which he is the tip.