Sir Arnold Wilson Missing
Among the many brave men who have not came back from Belgium is Sir Arnold Wilson, M.P. He is reported missing: "I hope this means that he may live to read these remarks," writes Critic in "The New Statesman." "For some years, Sir Arnold has interested men as much as anyone in English public life. He is a curious mixture, a very tough soldier, with an almost legendary reputation for swimming the Hellespont, a scholar with an astonishing memory, and at the same time, the most inaccurate of reporters, a man who preferred to learn America by striding along the roads instead of dining with the great, an admirer of Hitler and an unscrupulous propagandist for Mussolini and Franco. He also took immense pains to produce the best exposures of one of the most shady sides of the city. He had, I think, a strong strain of brutality, and a natural liking for regimentation. In his last speech in the House of Commons, he showed that his British loyalty overcame his Fascist inclinations." Sir Arnold joined up as a rear-gunner in a bombing ’plane, one of the most dangerous tasks in the Royal Air Force. Sir Arnold was 55 years of age, traveller, diplomat, soldier, author and Member of Parliament. He lived a great deal in the East — India, Turkey, Persia-and has written numerous books on his travels and observations,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 59, 9 August 1940, Page 2
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234Sir Arnold Wilson Missing New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 59, 9 August 1940, Page 2
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