The Lone Prairee
cannot but feel that, in spite• of your protestations to the nurary, your magazine must share some responsibility with Mr. esmond E. Henn for the iniquitous article which appeared in the k
sue of May 22nd. First I should like to commend the accuracy of
it. Henn's remarks. But I do feel that I must speak for the many unfortunates obliged to inhabit this Stygian region where sin is sup- posed to be the sole topic of conversation. We consider ourselves robust, and, if we are unable to change the face of the earth which Is after all God-given, we do consider ourselves capable of putting up with it. It is unfortunate that Mr. Henn is an English flower which has wilted on the Canadian plain. Does your magazine feel that it has contributed materially to the improvement of relations between Canada and the United Kingdom by the publication of Mr. Henn's article? It is because of such people as Mr. Henn who, daunted by the rigours of a severe environment, to too unmerited criticism of it, that the name of England and the English no longer enjoys any sort of prestige at all in Western Canada. In these days of deteriorating—or at least, fluctuating—Anglo-American relations, it would seem imprudent on the part of the Spectator to contribute in such a material fashion to the alienation of the Canadians, the logical arbiters in any future dispute between Britain and the United States. I, as a Canadian, together with the majority of my fellow-countrymen in Britain, feel little affection for the people of this island. It is high time the English started to look to their " Dominion of the North" for there are few links left to bind our vigorous people to this quaint and unfriendly land which, for all we care, may well ne in its death throes,—Yours faithfully, DAVID MITCDELL.
Exon College, Oxon.
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