The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-03
In ANGLO-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP
BRITISH SEE HOPE OF WORLD
President Hough of Northwestern University Gives Impressions
Gained in Study of Conditions in Great Britan-Anxety Over
Economic Standardization Problem viii Be Solved
Through Rritons Genius for Compromise.

mental common sense In English
character which keeps fighting, but
somehow does not go to tragic ex-
tremes. England has a way of paus-
ing just on the brink of what seemed
about to be a bloody revolution. 1t
has Il national genius for wise com
promise. The second thing is that
the problem has to do with English
workers. Our problem is infinitely
complicated in America by the many
races and the many languages in
vOlved. We cannot appeal to a com
non tradition expressed in a common
speech. The problem is severely trying
in England, but it is a problem arising
out Of the life Of a group Of people
who have lived together for centuries
and who have Il mind without those
barriers of race and language which
are so terribly hard to surmount. In
the third place for all the vigorous
language there is a curious appear
ance of understanding sympathy under
the hostility. When one hears Mr..
Clynes speak in the house of commons
he marvels at the poise and perspec-
tive and steadiness of his mind. And
there are many such labor leaders.
Frank Exchange Of Opinion.
'If l remember Mr.. Frank Wander
lip has called attention to this In his
significant little book, What Hap
pened In Europe One night l went
down to Oxford with Sir Arthur
Steel-Maitland who was to speak to
a number of men and women of the
labor group gathered at Balliol for
three weeks of study. There was the
freest and frankest exchange of Opin-
ion between the group and this dis
tinguished member of parliament, who
by the way only recently resigned
from the ministry. There was dis
agreement too. But the thing which
impressed me most was a sort Of
mental approach between Sir Arthur
and these men. There was a certain
friendly good cOmradeship which prom
Used much. Not long before / left the
other side an Englishman said to me
with q sort of chuckle, that sOon he
would have only ten shillings out
Of each pound Of his income. He add
ed that in the present situation it
was quite right and he had not a word
of criticism or complaint"
When the question Of prohibition
was raised DR.. Hough had this to
say: ITO the typical Engsshmen pro-
hibition on a national scale is simply
incOmprehensible. He believes that 1t
would not work in England, and that
it will not work in America. There
is, however, q serious and growing
body of public opinion which is in
clined to take the prohibition move
ment in an earnest and open minded
way. And there are Englishmen who
do not like it who admit its power.
Not long before l sailed. for instance,
I was at a luncheon where the sub
ject was discussed. Most of the
guests were illustrating their Oppo-
sition to prohibition while the discus
sion went on. Sir-well, / think j
will not mention his name, but he is
an Englishman of real Significance
was sitting on my left, ara he said:
L do not believe in prohibition. l be-
lieve it is an invasion of personal
rights. But I believe we Englishmen
must do the drinking we are going to
do in the next four or five years.
The economic pressure is going to
drive us to it!"
DR.. Hough spoke in the most hearty
way Of his own reception in Great
Britain both by the press and the
people. He declared that it was very
clear to him that the most priceless
things in the future of civilization
are bound up In a friendly under
standing between Great Britain and
America.