OUR AMERICAN COUSINS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3433, 12 March 1920, Page 8

OUR AMERICAN COUSINS.

I/i.\ NE (.%Rlu'Y ’.I‘AI{EN 'l‘O TASK. 'E‘i:<~‘follox\-Zns_;' letter has been ad'sl<‘:'>‘e<l by :1 well—known \Vellingtoll §i‘.Sill"SS mah to Mr Zane Grey, the .\n~.«ri<:z~.n writer. The sentiments ex-l'|'~»‘>‘>~<-‘(l therein will find wide endorsement. ninmig New Zeala.nders:~- “] am one of youl"conStant readers, and have appreciated all your books, but I 11111 not altogether pleased with your latest, ‘The Desert of Wheat.’ l‘lvi¢l(>n?l_\' you, like all other Americans, think you won the War. One does not mind you thinking tliis——but to write it hurts the feelings of those \\'ll(>lilHl l.;l'olhei's buried in‘ Egypt, (iflllipoli, l"i'an(-e. and Belgium. years l:>et.'Cre Anieriea eame in. Can "t you .\.mei-ie:ms see that this emistant repetition of what A.nxei'ieu did is undermining _‘«.'«mi* eoniinercial relations with '-:7‘-le Dominions of the Britisli Empiie. as we'll other eonnti'ies? No one \'.'i.~<he:~' to (ll>"pllifC what ;\1ll0I'l(?tl did. \'-.'e are all grateful, but what tlitl she «lo? New Zr.-zalnnd. my con.ntry. with a 1.0}:-nl:1ti0n of :1 little over a, million. llilti more casualties than your e.onntr_v, nlthollgh we only had Ro.ooo.men in the firing" line. You don"t see“ us atl-\-er'ri.~'e the fact, we just did. that was all. We had no need to; we. did it }l{‘(':lHS(‘ of’ the future of’ (i(_‘l)l()Cl‘a('}', {mil we .<t£lr‘te(i at the stal't——di«l not wait three _V(‘al‘g to {get into it. l7’os-

.<il>l_\f -.\uw1-ivzx had good reasons wllyl slw (li(lu't' <‘«o:m‘ in s0m1(‘1‘: it is noffi for me to ju(lg‘e, but :1 liltlc‘ more xmwlosfy on the part of .-\nmricaus would stanrl thmu in good. stead. Hus:wa\' hi: alrigzlltz skife ~m:l_V be all ri_<_vllT: but bofll f'uiu9;s wzmf sonwtllingf to justify them, and looking at the‘ v.':ll' from] :1 ln-oar} poinl of \‘l(?\\',} fxmorit-a was S:lEll_\-' laclciug‘ wheu uoorl-1 ml most. Ono cannot go to a picture .~'llo\\' but our qx-ts obsessed with piciurvs ralszvn in America of wlmt they allll. and how they «lid it. WO. wholost our loved ones know what .-\mol' ivu did! “'0 :‘.p})]'(‘-’:l‘.1T()tl her money, ‘um i‘; must be I'mu(:-11~.‘bm'(3«l Hllll‘ a wrml <lt‘al of this mon(>_\,' (-.alm- out of the Allies’ p-ockets in the first place. .‘-1»-<mrl!j.', wn :2_m’-:'r.‘.r‘l‘.lh‘tl _\'rwr. Foofl vfl'm'l. l'l,(>o‘.'i‘l' \v:1.~: ‘rho g‘l'¢-flies!" pmxlurt _\‘(.:,: II“¥‘fl“"'4‘:'l. ‘Ant oven l|vl'(' _\'ou got your pl'i('e. Ymlr air nlE1Cl1lII(«‘S‘ \\‘«-ro 0. f':v.ilur£~. _-.~o=.::~ slnipl>uih‘.=ius_l'. being j:'l'r‘\'-l»uil!_ nil.’ also be :1 'Failul'v.‘. ‘.\'ha-.* r-nunh\«'. '-.‘-‘:18 _\jou:' mhrul 51)}!porl: it Ill] ("«~',:H1: Tl!-\‘:'<">‘ nu) (lnl1':>‘I. :‘;l)0uf it’. .‘.;.-;mi(::1 '..-'. 2;. ;;'r».'2xl 1-01n1l;‘_\,j. with li‘~-u -n:lnuS pr».<.<i'nil'll_lo~: l"n' {he lH‘lH‘llt (:-I" f_'u».‘ lvumm! I':u'<‘. but \\‘l‘.(‘l'llol‘ H‘ is Hw :ni.\'-ml x‘»o;ull:ltinu or flw way _\'«-u li\'«-. _\'v-': ".11 1:111: for: muvh zlhouf wlml _\-on Ftu Au? luv: ;'o:'. do it. Rol.<i(le Hm Britisla ls:Xll!_>ll‘9’S. Belgium's. ‘final l"1-an:-r-’.< 1.-,"."!.):'lS_ _Voul‘ 1'0:‘1l o.‘l’ol'f ,w:l.< iu.<ig:v~i[ir:=.nr; i: was as naugllt. GM tho imlvrl out of your lwarls that ..\merica i 3 :11? only country in lfll‘? WO1‘lfl: give the other felllmv m-edi€ for having sonle.bl‘zlinS_ even if Anlerica thinks it has la monopoly. Honour our glorious "ln-ml: Inn-'»',;:‘ “l:i.v.<«- \\.‘ll.o ‘\\'<*x‘.t \\'(*.~‘l" fllret‘ _‘.'«‘a.:'.= l»9l’<=l'e -‘lw ;~'l('anS \ 1‘?1“lt‘ U3‘ «*'.\:‘?x' !r:i«:.l.~. Rmm*u{lwl‘ YOU

are writi.ng for the \vo"id to read, not Americans only, and we‘ are not bad critics. Just freshen yom'solft‘“up :1 bit, raisn yum standzln] of judgnient, rom<)nlh(\l'ing that fair play is bonny play, that .\xnm-"n-5: did hm‘ hit in the \'.'al': DUI in nl_v opinion as far as fighting wenf she did Hm least, and it is figlltillg that counts. .80 :1 man: judge as you would lw judged; and don‘:-. m~'o:'.<tep the canons of good taste by accrediting to your country something which she never did. Look us up on the map; compare our country with _vours_: coinparo populations, and then think What We ‘Chink When we read your Axnefican skife.” (This col‘l‘oSpondent is wrnnfr in the claim made with wgurrl 10 New ZeaInnd cusuaTFle:=.. He probably had in mind Australia, with its population of .-‘=i:< ~tniHion!.<.——Ed.}