AMERICA'S ATTITUDE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3041, 30 March 1917, Page 6

AMERICA'S ATTITUDE

Sir,—l read with pleasure the out* spoken artiole that appeared in. today's;' Dokinion in regard to America's'atti-t tude towards the European war. A$ a Canadian, ,I'can heartily endorse tbet sentiments expressed by the author or? ' the artiole in question. NowEere in thei world is the Press so free, nor so misrepresentative of f publio opinion as ins America—that is, of courso,| in regard to external affairs about which the vast) body of Americans know little,. and! care less. Germany has correctly sizedj up the situation so ably set forth, byj Mr. Fred Davison, and that can he the only possible reason for the deliher.. ate contempt with which she has treaty ed the once proud U.S.A. Any Eng*. lishman who has travelled below tho surface or lived in the U.S. is only too painfully aware of the national "-'an* tipathy towards all things British!' wnich seems to be the only bond oi unity between the polyglot races that go to-make up .the 100jl)00,000 population of the States. The' reason for this antipathy, however, is not only than given J by your contributorj i.©;>". tho teaching in the schools,' though it'must be admitted that it is a powerful factor; in producing it. (One has only to read, what passes' for American history to see how utterly contemptible the Brit- ■ ish character really is.) There is, however,' a far more sinister, cause for the undoubted . hostility '•[ shown by: Americans in general towards the British, or as they say, the English. Every Irishman whoever migrated to the U.Sv carried a grievance, carefully nurturea from birth, against England. When ha got there'he found invariably ready sympathisers'among those,who had already ... emigrated from Ireland. He also founa active sympathy from certain foreign elements, notably, the German, whcf also had' ground for hatred! •of the English. _ On the other hand* while so much is being done to perpetuate and-propagate hostility toward Great Britain, there is absolutely hoi counter-movement to encourage a lova of our Homeland. In conclusion, may I point out that most American plays ■ show the hero as an American, the' villain as a foreign count, and the fool as an Englishman. If America does ever fight she will not do so out of love for Great Britain, that is a "cinch."-'!, I am, etc., : ' . . J., W. YOUNG. /. March 27. ;