LECTURER BARRED.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1922, Page 8

LECTURER BARRED.

ENGLISHMAN IN AMERICA. By Telegraph.—Pras*: Assn. —Copyright. Washington, Nov. 11. A mild sensation lias been caused by Secretary Week’s cancellation of the invitation extended to the Hon. John William Fortescue, President of the British Royal Historical! Society,, to address the West Point. United States Military Acalemy on Armistice Day. Mr. Weeks quotes portions of Mr. Fortescue's book, “British statesmen in the Great War,” in which he says “The United States cannot engage in any form of competition with us, from athletics to diplomacy, without using foul play. They must win, if not by fair skill, then by pre-arranged trickery or violence, etc.” Mr. Weeks, in a statement, says an author entertaining these sentiments cannot be considered a proper person to address students of a Government Academy. The Hon. J. W. Fortescue was recently a guest of the English-speaking Union of New York, and proposes carrying out a lecturing tour of the United States. Tie confirmed the cancellation of the West Point engagement. New York, Nov. 11. Mr. Fortescue cabled on November 10 a statement- that every moment he spent in the United States made him regret the adverse criticism of America made, eleven years ago. He declared the passage quoted by Mr. Weeks was part of a lecture made in 1911 while Mr. Fortescue was annoyed at the Behring Sea negotiations a.nd 'by an unfortunate lack of sportsmanship on the part of an American competitor in some international sport.