SIR,--It has been brought to my notice that at a meeting you
addressed recently in your constituency you referred to me, and in
the course of your remarks you said that I had employed in the
House of Commons the "blustering artifice of the rhetorical
hireling." May I ask you for your authority for this statement? I
can only hope that your reply will avoid any ambiguity, and for
your further enlightenment I may inform you that I am annoyed.
I am sure I am acting as you would wish me to do in sending a copy
of this letter to the Press.
Yours faithfully,
N. Y. Z THOMSON-THOMSON.