NOTE OF STRAIN

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21602, 3 January 1945, Page 4

NOTE OF STRAIN

BRITAIN AND U.S.A. BACK-BITING DANGER HOME PRESS ARTICLES NEW YORK, Jan. 1. "A frosty chilliness has begun to appear in British-American relations." says the New York Times’ London correspondent. "There is not merely a note of strain in tho official exchanges. but the feeling is reflected in countless little ways. "Many articles have appeared both in the popular press and the serious weeklies, comparing the American war effort unfavourably with Britain's. Some of the articles, published ostensibly to praise the) American' combat troops, are of such a condescending character that it might have been better if they wore frankly critical. "These rather oblique digs in Uncle Sam’s ribs, in reprisal for the current vogue in the United States of ‘twisting the lion's tail.’ prickle into the consciousness of the average Briton so that personal British and American contacts have become as touchy as official relations. The British are hurt and sulky at what lliey regr 4 as American failure to apprcci .e all they did by refusing to surrender in 1940. The ■ British, as well as their Government, are fed up with being lectured by the United States on the moralities of European politics."