AMERICANS ON THE WAR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23615, 27 March 1940, Page 13

AMERICANS ON THE WAR

Sir, —The letter from the New York Times, by Lawrence Hunt, featured in your supplement of Saturday, March 2:3. is probably the most outstanding contribution on the war situation that has yet appeared in your paper. The tone and mental alertness of this letter is in keeping with several articles which have appeared of late in Harpers, by writers who certainly were critical of Britain after Munich, but who maks no bones about America's vital interest in what happens in Europe. We in New Zealand are very apt to smugly assume that all or nearly all Americans take an interest in'the war only as a means of making dollars, but it is a. fact that the better type of American publications feature articles by world writers who, when required, can be very critical of American conduct. 1 don't know whether the Americans are keener on dollars than we arc on pounds, but they know bow to debunk all those who delight in camouflage,, who, like the poor, we have with us always. Dkbuxk.