ADMIRATION FOR ENGLAND

Evening Star, Issue 23741, 23 November 1940, Page 3

ADMIRATION FOR ENGLAND

A not-over-rnodest Bostonian who has planned an important business trip to England told his friends that ho is reluctant to go, because be does not feel worthy of treacling English soil just now.' That may be Anglo-mania carried to a ridiculous extreme, but it indicates the attitude of many Americans. They are at a loss for words to express their admiration for the English. It is an admiration which almost suggests reverence, and probably there is a trace of it even among those who dislike the average Englishman and resent the proprietorial views of many Johnny Bulls. In comparison with the opposition of the French, the resistance of the English does not merely border on the glorious. It-is full of glory. In many respects it is sublime. And the under-privileged workers of the black districts are doing their part as nobly and uncomplainingly as the officer who drove away from St. Paul’s with a timebomb in his truck. Winston Churchill said soon after the escape from Dunkirk that, viewing the history of England a thousand years from now, men would say that she was .then at her best. Perhaps she was, but she has bettered her best in the last few weeks. Most remarkable of all, civilians in whom the military virtues have not been fostered have performed deeds which would give lustre to the proudest of families. —Boston ‘ Herald,’ 17/9/40.