THE WORLD WAR.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 232, 13 September 1922, Page 4

THE WORLD WAR.

AMERICA’S PART. SPOILED COMPLETE VICTORY. SOME KIPLING STATEMENTS. New York, Sept. 11. A sensation was caused by the publication in the “World” of an interview with Rudyard Kipling by Clare Sheridan, sculptress, the “World’s” European correspondent, in which Kipling is represented as bitterly attacking the United States. He said: “They have the gold of the world, but we have saved our souls. Not one of us who has lost a son would change with them for their prosperity. The United States ceased to be a nation after the civil war. They came into the war twq years too late, and hastened the armistice when the Allies were about to gain a complete victory over the enemy.” Senators and various generals, including General Pershing, and members of President Harding’s Cabinet, have expressed resentment against Kipling’s statements. Newspapers editorially. condemn the novelist’s political activity. They point to the United States’ sacrifice for victory and lament the attack upon Anglo-American friendship, which is the bulwark of civilisation.—(A. and N.Z.)