JEALOUSY MOTIF

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21604, 5 January 1945, Page 4

JEALOUSY MOTIF

ALLIED CRITICS ECONOMIST™ COMMENT AMERICAN" RETORTS (By Telegraph —Press Assn. —Copyright.* LONDON, Jan. 3. United States newspapers and copimentators have replied bitterly to the criticism of America by the London weekly newspaper Economist. Congress is expected to discuss British criticism when it debates United States foreign policy next week. The Economist said that it was time Britain ceased to appease the United States. It criticised American "postures of superiority" in censuring British. policy over Italy. Greece and Poland. The Economist added that when criticism of the British people came from a nation whose consumption had risen through the war years and. which was still without a National Service Act, then it was not to be borne. The New York World Telegram says: “The London press is giving us hell for giving England hell. Wo should not permit debates on ideologies, boundaries, and spheres of influence to side-track us from the main job ot winning this bloody and desperate war.” Marquis Childs writes in the New York Post: "Most Americans read with surprise and irritation the Economist s statement that Mr. Churchill is appeasing America. Most of us thougnt the appeasement was in the opposite direction. The ruling classes of Britain are deeply conscious of how tough it will be for England to maintain her world position after the war. They are suspicious of America's motives. They fear that with our wealth and power, we Americans will insist upon being Number lin every field. For a great many years Britannia ruled the waves, plus a lot of land scattered around the Seven Seas, and did a very good job of it. But the world ol Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee year no longer exists!” “Brenden Bracken’s Newspaper” The World-Telegram columnist, William Philip Sims says: "The bitter attitude of the Economist may have done lasting injury to British-American relations. The British seem to be losing their balance. What makes this explosion so serious is that the Economist is one of Mr. Brenden Bracken s papers. Mr. Brenden Bracken, the British’ Minister of Information, is close to Mr. Churchill. The New York Sun's columnist, David Lawrence says: "One would think the Atlantic Charter is no longer binding, and that the parents of the young men who have made the supreme sacrifice can be bluntly told that their sons were killed that Imperialism may live on. The Economist s outburst is a natural consequence of ‘hush-hush’ diplomacy and the official camouflage of the real points of difference among the Allies.” The Herald-Tribune, in an editorial, says: “British resentment of American criticisms may awaken Americans to the rather touchy state of British opinion. The British have suffered under an unofficial but long-standing ban on the publication of anything that might ruffle the Americans. Many sections of American opinion, on the other hand, have never felt the slightest need for such restraint."