Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-04
Scotland Like u. S. IN Many Ways;
Sacrifice ed Much for World Freedom
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Glasgow, Jan. 20.-(Special Core
spoRdence)-It is q real error to con-
slider England and Scotland as one
nation and one pebble. but many
make it just the same. Scotland is as
different from England as Ireland is,
but the differences III of a widely
divergent character.
An American is likely to feel very
much It home in Scotland, eve
though the sights are different and
the tongue is a bit strange. The Scot
fish people are plain, straightforward.
and direct. just as we are. In America,
when an employer needs. an extra
the front window which reads: boy
Wanted" On the Strand, in London, I
saw a typical English window sign
which read: 1.-The services of a re-
spectacle lad are desired" A Scots
merchant would say: Boy Wanted"
Courtesy and a pleasant form Of ex-
preston are thoroughly CHARACTERISTIC
Of the English people. Americans and
Scots are likely as courteous and con-
+ siderate at heart, but are far more
disposed to name a spade a spade, n
be don with it.
Scotland is known for the practical,
Woodworking qualities of it's people.
They are democratic in taste, n pre-
fer their religion without frills. They
take 1dCIS WlluOuI SuSdI-COdSIIlS anu
they like to get at the root of matters
in their reasoning. Although America
was at the beginning an English col
ony, it must be apparent that our
country has a very pronounced Scot
fish strain, due no doubt to h inter-
mixture of many thousands OF Scottish
settlers among the pioneers Of New
England. Pennsylvania. New York,
Virginia and the Carolinas long before
the evolutionary war
Our stern way of taking ourselves
to task and picking ourselves to pieces
for the flaws in our national charac-
ter and conduct is a Scots trait. AL
though President Wilson yves his
antecedents on both sides Of the house
to Scotland, there is a greater ten
dency in Scotland than in England to
find fault with him for not bringing
the United States into the wal earlier.
The English people never tell an
American visitor that they are dis
satisfied on this GORE. They say: "You
came in, and you helped us beat the
Hun, and we are grateful" There they
stop. But YOU average Scotsman
wants to reason and argue the thing
out with you, and go to the bottom
Of the matter. why did you not come
in after the Lusitania o~utrage?" is
only the first of a series of questions.
When told President Wilson felt that
he had to wait until congress and the
people were ready to go to war, they
suggest that the president, by reason
ing and persuasion, might have
brought the nation around sooner
Roosevelt appealed strongly to the
Scottish mind. His direct. fortnight,
blunt way of putting things n doing
things was exactly to their taste.
President Wilson is greatly admired,
too, for his ability at calm. close rea-
canine and IN account IF hjS SIN nd
for democracy and international fair
play. Scotland is proud Of him. but
will not waive its right to subject him
to analysis.
All this is by way Of a long pream-
BILE to the account of an interview
with the Rev. John a. Hutton Of
known and best-liked Presbyterian
ministers, and a mans man in every
sense of the term. When I saw him,
he had just returned from a stay in
France among American soldiers, to
whom he had gon in the interests of
a better understanding between the
United States and Britain: DR.. Hutton
has ofte-. preached in leading church.
es in New York, and knows America
and Americans very we'll. He has been
asked to visit the United States dur
ing the coming summer, n his de-
cision will rest upon the return of a
soldier son from Palestine, whom he
is anxious to see.
THE American soldiers are splen-
did fellows" DR.. Hutton said. Zone OF
the best things about them is their
readiness to give credit to France and
Great Britain for the heavy load they
had to bear during the early years of
the war.
THE welcome that was given me
on my speaking tour was very very
o~o$1F,,1 70 ~ "a T fhS~G A ~ Arsoo nc aoI
Scotsmen understand each other bet
ter thar Americans and Englishmen,
and so it was easier for me to tell
your men about the English people