“THEY MUST WIN”
BY FAIR MEANS OR FOUL. REFLECTION 0 NUNITED STATES. Australian and N.h. Cable Association, (Received November 12, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, November 11. A mild sensation was caused by the action of Air J. W. Weeks, Secretary for War, in cancelling the invitation extended to the Hon. John William Forteacue, president of the British Royal Historical Society, to address the West Point United States Military Academy on Armistice Day. Mr Weeks quotes portions of Mr Fortescues’s hook, “British Statesmen in the Great War,” in which he says; The United States cannot engage in any form of competition with us, from athletios to diplomacy, without using foul play. They must win, if not by fair skill then by pre-arrang-ed trickery or violence, etc. . . .
Mr Weeks, in a statement, says the author entertaining these sentiments icannot be considered a proper person to address the students of a Government academy.
Mr Forteacue was recently the guest of the English-speaking Union of New York, and proposes carrying out a lecturing tour of the United States. He has confirmed the cancellation of his •Vest Point engagement.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11366, 13 November 1922, Page 6
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