RUSSIA AND BRITAIN
Sir,—ln an address: to the Rotary Club, in Auckland, Mr Dcidge, M.F. was reported by the New Zealand Herald of Tuesday, April 26 last, as saying in reference to posb-war problems "the poisonous! tenacity %.of Communism -will have to be, ; with." : In the following day's issue of the same paper, a cabled extract from an article by Mr Harold Nicolson in the "Spectator" is also, published. Among other things, Mr Nicolson refers to an apparent lack of enthusiasm amongst British audiences when, reference is made to the prowess of the Army, Navy or Air Force; or the part that the Dominions havo played in the war. Likewise reference to the performance of the Chinese in tlicir struggle or to- the part the U.S.A. is taking arouse only a lew nods of perfunctory acquiescence. Yet —"Mr Nicolson goes on-—" "one has only to mention Russia, and. the whole meeting llnros up as suddenly as a wisp of hay drenched with paralin. One fools upon one's cheek lho wind of , Iho wingMof passion!" Like many another of Us Mr Doidge will doubtless reflect cm the
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 60, 3 June 1942, Page 4
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