THE MOSCOW DYNAMOS
Snt,—The paragraph of " Janus" with regard to the Russian article on the visit to our country of the Moscow team leaves me unevenly poised between mirth and depression. But I wish " Janus " had told us whether, besides the strictures on our inadequate accommodation and the assurance that Russia must always win, there was any recognition of at least the good intentions of our hospitality, any suggestion that, whoever wins, these ,sporting events do something to promote good feeling between nations. I am reluctant to believe that all this was passed over in silence. One of the things that adds to the difficulty of relations between the Russians and ourselves is that, apparently, the Russians view with disapproval expressions of gratitude on their side ; anyhow they are not, forward with them. Of course gratitude is not to be forced between nations any more than between individuals. Yet it has a value of its own ; and I should like to think that in this comparatively small matter of the Dynamos' visit the Russians regarded us as worthy of a word of thanks for what we tried to do to make their visit a pleasant one.
["Janus" writes: There appears to have been no such appreciation.]
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