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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 84, 6 November 1939, Page 2

American Bluster. The swagger and bluiT of som-e Americans when abroad is illustrated in the story told by a local resident who lias just returned from a world tour. In the same carriage on the Simplon Express he was in conversation with a.'i American and three Italians were listening although from subsequent events it would seem that their knowledge of English was limited. The subject under discussion was the failure of the League of Nations and the Yank •would have it that the U.S.A. was well above the squabbles which took place at Geneva. It was pointed out to him that the League was founded by an American President. The American said with a loud and distinct voice that the League had failed in its dut3 T , and to this the local resident agreed in part. Some time later a Scot who understood Italian, entered the carriage and informed the occupants that trouble was brew ing. He said that he had heard the three Italians who had listened to the conversation discussing it, and that they were under the. impression that tlie Yrmk and the Whakatane man had agreed that "Mussolini has done no good." "They have fetched the police," said the Scot, "and I'm afraid you're in for it." At this point the American decided that it might be better to con tinue on through the Simplon instead of remaining in Italy even at the risk of losing his baggage. "He was scared," said the local resident, "and contradicted his former blustering attitude." Nurse lost 401bs fat in 6 week?. Try Bonkora. Obtainable at F. G. Alacklew, Chemist, Whakatane.