[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] 16111,-1 have read with
great interest and appreciation the
• letter of.Mr. Thomas, published in your issue pf November 5th. lAs.an. Englishman who has been resident for part of each
" year for the last four years in the United- States, and who has had the Opportunity of gauging opinion from Massachu- setts to Utah, and from Chicago to Washington, perhaps ;better than most visitors, may I venture to add that, in my -measured opinion, there is far less anti-British feeling in
—America than there is anti-American feeling in this country ?
In America there are the -Bausmabns and Thompson, who cannot be said to " cut much ice " ; here the feeling, although less intense, is inore diffused. Whether this is- natural enough in view of the War debt sentiment, is not my present concern. What is important is that the fact, of which most people in this country are unaware, should be stated.— I am, Sir, &c., 6A Nevem Place, S.W. 5. GEORGE E. G. CATTIN.
[We think that our correspondent is right. Certainly in the well-to-do classes in Great Britain, especially among those who have never visited America, there is considerable anti-American feeling. Anti-British feeling in the United States has decreased in a marked degree during the past twenty years, as any unbiassed observer must admit. We hope to return to this subject at a later date.—En. Spectator.]
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