“G. K. ” ON WARPATH

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 231, 19 December 1927, Page 9

“G. K. ” ON WARPATH

Received 9.25 a.m. MR. G. Iv. CHESTERTON, sj dinner, said lie violently o' of England. “The English habit of life, village, the whole tone of exist by commerieal pressure from .

<<r pHE English inn, the most glorious thing on earth, is becoming an American hotel. Nobody is sto *g

“The American habit of showing off wealth, and insulting the poorer but much more civilised countries has an uncomfortable resemblance to the reputation of the early nineteenth cen tury Englishman abroad. “The Kaiser’s army could nc ive more completely denationalised London. Even a war invasion spares the common habit and life of the nation. “It is amusing on Broadway to

idiotic electric signs wriggling like dancing devils, because one can always say ‘Please God, I shall s 3on be in England again/ If I had thought I should see the same red-hot devils standing on their heads chewing gn.l in Piccadilly, I should have cont Tinplated suicide. Yet ghastly easiness is happening in London.” —A. and N.Z. A DIPLOMAT’S IDEA DIFFERENCES WELCOMED NEW YORK, Saturday. The Canadian Minister at Washington, Mr. Vincent Massey, speaking at a dinner given in his 1- ur by the English-speaking Union of the United States, said he recognised that standardisation in this mechanical age was a great enemy of society, that threatened to reduce persor" ,!t fes to a common type. He suggested welcoming the

AMERICAN INFLUENCE ENGLISH LIFE CHANGED “A GHASTLY BUSINESS” By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright.

LONDON, Sunday, peaking at a Delphian Coterie ibjected to the Americanisation

, the appearance of the English fence has been altered entirely, America,” he declared.

national differences within the English-speaking world aa well as outside it. It would be a colourless world that had none of the divers national traditions and cultures, which gave richness and variety to life. He said international friendship had no relation to international uniformity. It was perhaps possible to over-emphasise the bonds of common ancestry as a unifying force. Material bonds might tend to divide, whereas spiritual ties could only unite. Let them say “Minds across the sea” instead of “Hands across the sea.” —A. and N.Z.