3 JULY 1941, Page 8

I have never till today been rather thankful that Lord

Oxford —Mr. Asquith—is dead. But I am glad he did not live to see a wnter he so unreservedly admired as he did Mr. P. G. Wode- house broadcasting from a German radio-station, obviously with the smirking complaisance of Dr. Goebbels, and in such language as to imply that he is having quite a good time in Germany. The value to German propaganda in the United States may be considerable. The only effect here will be on Mr. Wodehouse's own reputation. It might be suggested to the author of, among others, The Code of the Woosters, that there are some things that Mr. Wooster's code would have excluded.

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