BIG LIBEL SUIT.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19139, 24 October 1927, Page 9

BIG LIBEL SUIT.

PRO-BRITISH PROPAGANDA. (»T CABLB—rBISB mOOIATIOB— eOFIMOHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.I. CABLB ASSOCIATION.* (Received October 23rd, 11.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Ootober 22. Concerning the trial of William MoAndrew, Superintendent of Schools, on charges of British propaganda preferred against" him by William Thompson, Mayor of Chicago, Professor David Mussey, of Columbia University, has filed a suit against Thompson, claiming 100,000 dollars for libel on the ground that a misleading quotation was taken from his history book to show his proBritish attitude. The newspapers throughout the country devote considerable space to leaders commenting on the trial and its effect in Britain. The New Yoric "Evening post" observes: "There is nobility back of the screaming farce of McAndrew's trial. It is found in the noble desire of non-Anglo Saxon peoples to make their way up into fair , co-partnership in the ideals and aspirations of their country. We do not believe it is in essence anti-English. It is anti-American-English, antiDominance by AnglorSaxon tradition. We do not even believe that it seeks the destruction or defeat of this tradition. It but wants its own place in the sun for America."