3 FEBRUARY 1939, Page 22

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—" To be a

gentleman," says R. L. S. in The Dynamiter, "is to be one all the world over and in every relation and

grade of society."

His international outlook has apt significance today. " I am a Scotsman. Touch me and you will find the thistle. I am a Briton and live and move and have my being in the greatness of our national achievements : but am I to forget the long hospitality of that beautiful and kind country, France, or has not America done me favours to confound my grati- tude? Nay, they are all my relatives. I love them dearly, and should they fall out among themselves I believe I should be driven mad, with their conflicting claims upon my heart."