28 APRIL 1939, Page 6

When the American Ambassador, Mr. Joseph Kennedy, went to Edinburgh

to receive the freedom of the city last week three persons—out of three thousand—called out some- thing which, so far as it was audible amid the general en- thusiasm, was understood to be a protest against such honour being paid to a distinguished Roman Catholic. To judge from the headlines and posters of certain papers, one might have supposed that something like a No Popery riot had taken place. It is a pity that any show of justification should be given to misguided M.P.s and others who want to bring the Press under official control.