"CORVETTE K-225"
Sir-"G.M." reviewed Corvette K-225, acknowledged the heroism of a crew of a little ship which battles a Nazi submarine, but went out of his way to add that "when one considers it dispassionately," there can be nothing more heroic than the conduct of the submarine crew. Has "G.M." no criterion with which to distinguish between the crew of fraternal freedom-lovers defending his right to be a humanitarian liberal and the crew of conquesting robots serving that vile monster of torture and tyranny, Hitler? "G.M.’s" reviews are titled "Speaking Candidly." Candid speaking can apparently be of dubious assistance to Democracy in her glorious fight against Fascism. Democracy at war calls for candescent spokes-
men.
KEEPER OF THE FLAME
(Auckland).
(Our correspondent apparently does not know that, basically, ‘‘candid" and "candescent" mean exactly the same thing. His own "white flame’ must have been flaring so brightly when he read this review ‘hat the light got in his eyes and made him see things which were not there. "G.M." did not say what it is alleged he said about the conduct of the submarine crew. What he did say is that the submarines are "heroic also in their way" because, considered dispassionately, "there can hardly oe any more terrible assignment" then submarine service. To suganything else is stupid, and ew can no assistance to democracy.-Ed.).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 247, 17 March 1944, Page 5
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224"CORVETTE K-225" New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 247, 17 March 1944, Page 5
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