[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I do not wish
to weary you with letters on the subject of British-American relations, but I would like to add a few points to reinforce my previous letter.
The Americans were co-guarantors of Belgian independence, but they would not fight. Instead they traded with both combatants and profiteered hugely. Incidentally they made our necessary action at sea very difficult and there was even a danger of war at one time.
They took a leading part at the Versailles negotiations, but they would not sign the Treaty. Next came the League of Nations, in the discussions of which they took a leading part, but they would not join, and after this we have the War Debt settlement. They are getting and are going to get their pound of flesh from the next two generations.
Lastly, we have the Geneva Conference; of which they were the authors and which, in my view, pace those who think otherwise, they have brought to naught.—I am, Sir, &c., • Forwood, Minchinhampton. L. E. P. WOLFERSTAN.
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