29 SEPTEMBER 1939, page 14

How Are We To Convince The American Public Of Our

true aims and position? It must be remembered that the Ameri- cans are morbidly sensitive to anything in the nature of foreign propaganda, and that they have during the past......

* * * * We Smile At Such Fantasies, Thinking

them too foolish to deserve serious consideration. The Americans themselves are under no such misapprehension. They know that nobody can fool all the American people all the......

People And Things

By HAROLD NICOLSON I RECEIVED the other day a number of letters from the .1. United States. Although these letters had been written and posted at various dates between September......

The Credulity Of The American Public Is Like Some Vast

lagoon lashed into agitation by the slightest breeze. A man like Dr. Homer Maerz can solemnly assure a Milwaukee audience that President Roosevelt is in fact a descendant of the......

* * * * I Do Not Mean By This

that our reticence should be abso- lute. Even though we should be wise in refraining from any attempts to persuade the American public, there is no reason why we should refrain......

It Is Irritating, Of Course, To Be Asked Such Questions

by well-intentioned people living three thousand miles away from the danger zone. Yet the duty of those of us who love, and try to understand, America is to banish irritation......