1941-05-30 — Page 39

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 30, 1941.

CHINA MAIL

"WINDSOR HOUSE

WHERE FREEDOM IS

It has become an axiom that the people of Britain possess a courage, a de- termination and a cheer- fulness under difficulties and hardship, that has never been surpassed. That recognition that life contains something great- er than mere personal comfort and money, has again been proved by the remarkable response to the War Weapons Week inaugurated in London. The sum asked for, large | enough to daunt the most enthusiastic, was £100,-

000,000. This was the goal towards which the spon- sors were to strive. In less than a week, the figure was reached and when the fund was officially closed it was found that British War funds were £120,401.- 000 the richer.

NEUTRALITY

WHO

DID

VALERA

THAT?

RUFFLED

SUSCEPTIBILITIES

CONSCRIPTION

If London had been un- touched by the war, if her rich business houses had remained intact and her people had been leading their normal existances in their own homes, the amount gathered would have been remarkable, but in a city systematically bombed for months, ૧ city which has thousands of homeless, a city where many hundreds of small ident in Britam for more than the British, are lighting for sur as well as big business three years, with yearly visits to vival. We Americans. In backing New York and Washington, save

the United States, I ain gravely you, are backing our people have been depriv-perturbed by the state of Anglo-vival.

STOP playing at

being FRIENDS!

As an American who has been anything but self-Interest

ed of all their stock, a city American relations.

On the surface they are splen-

newspapers You, Your

men further sent

own sur-

Seventy per cent. of the Ameri- can people to-day only dimly realise this, as at least seventy per evnt. of the British failed to between see alty connection

and survival Czechoslovakia's

where taxes are already did underneath they reveal fric- grievous, and where mat- tions and strains.

minority ins A small erial damage is such that

America and it

hope to rebuild

their own. will require through this war we may be able

The

of

Britain that

we

to create solidarity in the Eng- millions, many

thesh-speaking

world. But amount collected leaves have first to win the war.

pursued present policies one breathless.

by Britain will neither Impress the people with Hitler has received his the American

seriousness

the problems answer the most em- which face you, and us, to-day, nor with the desirability of an phatic answer that any Anglo-Saxon union, If either is

He to be achieved it must be on man could receive. must know now that all basis of realism and knowledge.

The first reality we must face

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his bombings are in vain, is this. No nation is motivated by that his dream of de-

moralising the British The war was producing a people is, and will remain, new order of chivalry,

cans

A growing number of Ameri- realise that American security is vitally linked to Bri- ish security. Those are the peo- ple on whom you can count, for they are aeting un reasoned con- victions and not from sentimental admiration.

on brief trips.

have

never

afield than

Both New York and Washing- ton are artificial cltles, far less of the United lepresentative States than London is of Eng- land, Wales, Scotland, and North- ern Ireland.

as

With rare and notable excep- tons, your diplomatic staffs have Faliced

Americans

they to would to colonials. Lord Lothian was such an exception. We loved him.

We ceased being colonials one hundred and sixty-five years sgo, and we don't like being talk- we were still ed to as though colonials. probably We don't pretend to have built

up a culture in a century and half as vid as yours, but we don't like to hear it called "bathroom culture," which it is not.

could Propaganda persuade seventy-five per cent. of the American people to declare war to-morrow. Officially you

By Helen

a dream. The result of the where knights were found Kirkpatrick

Assurance

War Weapons Week is an in "the back streets and "In positive and lanes of Britain." irrefutable that the these people," he added, have decided against propaganda ties; we will move too slowly for British people will never "burns the finest flame of submit to savagery and courage the world has bondage. Hitler himself ever seen.'

In that sense. You want

convinced are worth a hundred sufficient to make history, we do.

an expert

of