ALLIED CRITICS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21605, 6 January 1945, Page 3

ALLIED CRITICS

OLD GRIEVANCES UNTIMELY”EXCHANGE WEST FRONT CRISIS (If a.m.i WASHINGTON, Jan. f>. “A prairie-lire of newspaper criticism of the United States has spread throughout Britain, some of which seems to be in good temper and some of which is just." says the Washington Post .in an editorial. “The British have good reason for objecting to sermonising. without concurrent action, on the pari, of Ibe United States Government. “We thought, for instance, that the sermon on Greece would be followed by a suggestion that an Allied Commission be appointed, but nothing came of it. Some British comments, i. a ever, remit complaints from a catalogue compiled over a period of time from all manner of sources. The jruish seem to feel that this sort o: tiling clears the air. On the con-n-ary .the air. so far from being cleared, may soon be filled with dead cats. Some of them already have been flung back bv sundry Congressmen,

"The timing of this exchange could not have been worse. Right now our forces are getting a bloody nose. The crisis which still hangs over the Western Front may soon envelop the British and Canadian forces waterlogged to the northwards. It is the worst crisis since Dunkirk. Criticism of our policymakers is in order, but only as the occasion for closing the ranks, not for spilling rancour.”