A VIOLENT ATTACK.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17983, 31 March 1930, Page 8

A VIOLENT ATTACK.

BY AMERICAN PAPERS. AGAINST BRITISH PREMIER, LONDON PRESS INDIGNANT. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel.—Copyright. (Received Mar. 31. 2.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 30. The newspapers give prominence to an open letter ft) ihe Prime Minister, published in the Ilearst Press, United States, attaching Britain’s part in the Naval Conference and asking Mr MacDonald whether he is the friend he pretends to be, or the slyest, trickiest diplomat that has come out of England since Balfour sank the American Navy ait the 1922 conference. The Foreign Office declines to indicate the feeling in official circles, but newspapers of every shade con-* demn the attachThe Sunday Times says: “Mr MacDonald has critics here on other issues but He has the nation’s backing In his unwearying effort to achieve the • success of the conference. f The British public will agree that ■the strictures are reckless and blackguardly. The Daily Express hopes that Mr MacDonald will -not he deflected from bis firmness against the embroilment of Britain in Mediterranean conflicts by the gale which Ilearst is blowing across the Atlantic. The Daily Herald says the attack is the culmination of the Hearst Press attempt to check the progress towards naval disarmament. Mr Hoover, not Hearsts, speaks for America. The United States delegation refuses to comment.