Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-06-06
Srseial 10 Toe Ness
my u wALTER

tlil u NAlsIfkl
LONDON. June 5-Englanr - igno-
au. q and Misunderstanding ~ America
A.. 'qngcr 81 pratliaing to" wu. " 20
whoi blool r'ia'.0rs'." there b. '.'
~ 'I 'b. go" i"np
s..-.
...4 chapter ini
,... mu., an his assertions. were
the keynote 81 AN address % The ~.
tlonal Liberal club this week rs Is
Ratcnffc. probably as vel known 1
America a. b. Is Ia England fUl iH.
clarity and indep,ndtncr ~ his views
ON Anglo American relations ~ ih"
words Of J. \ spencer. editor 40 90
Westminster Gazette who introduced
him. mo Englishman Is better qualified
"a sneak 10 America about England 'i
10 bring 60 "a report ol America. NJ.
Radcliffe has spoken Tor many ,i SOC
CITY clubs In the United states az uri'
versltles and for many churches ana
kindred organizations during hs 'Ni'n-
sive tours ~ the continent %, present
occasion was similar o. on, ~ the sp'''
lal luncheons 20 popular 90 American
clubs hut less frequent here
Has to Discover America.
Every Enrlishman has o. Discover
America Tor himself is Mr lairlii's
conclusion. after considering how THEN
first visit 10 the country has affected
some Il his most wclliniofm'd friends
That. he pointed out T. a very serious
reflection upon Enrland's general know.
ledge ~ the country IT. described how
II J Masslngham. editor ~ the Ion.
don Nation had recently returned ai'
most Supplied hy his impressions 90
America and had shown iu bis article
about Il The shaii,ting effect nl % 1I
on his mind 4 q Gardiner r'ln
auishing the cditofship oi The piilf
News. had gone to America Ca sc, ih'
country about which b. had himself
written with distinguished dise'rnu'n'
and sympathy The speaker came
across him in the city club ~ New
York In stunned Condltiuu-he had
been taken down town hy y W Wilson
and was almost speeches. l""h
here. Eairliff,." was his greeting u
am going 10 write a h"uk about it,
As showing further the irnurauc" 81
England about what was described Do
the title AZ his lecture as "Jndiscoy,rr,
America" Mr. Radcliffe gave N. uam''
Il three Americans known 60 every
body here. We have discovered Mar,
Pickford. Charlie Chaplin. and. b. ~
ded. 10 the delight of hts political au
dience. Lady Astor. wI,uuut direct ~
erence 20 those who are systematically
trying 20 bring the two countries O.
geiher. h. asserted The nc,sl Tor q uiu'l
better Acquaintance before any sur'
development can be- expected sou
English people. h. said hay an h,;
that the American people is simply
large and important section ~ the Enc
disappearing world. a part 81 uurscly,
which we lost through our own fau'
and may win back through our own viz
tues. a Tort branch Of our family whites
has been found again.
u Unique Nation.
The American peole l. nothing q
the kind: /; T. an absolutely uniqu
nation such as has never hcen know.
in the history q the human family"
America. Mr. Gatrliffc pointed out
did not discover herself until thu wIf
The draft law revealed some aspects M
herself that many Americans had no
suspected whole chunks 81 her thai
had not been worked into the spcial fah
ric. lie had visited an elemeutar,
school In Chicago where the chilir'f
spoke forty.five languages betwe"r
them. Al the Billy sunday meetings
Bibles were on sale In fifty.seycn Ian
guages. A social survey u Passai,
showed that 81 per cent q the parent
a school children were foreign born.
These facts alone Mr. Radcliffe sai :
represent an extraordinary social prot
lem. Instead of taking II Tor granite
that America y an Ahglo.SaNon natio'
and being inpatient when she does NJ
do things 20 cultivate an inteliigen
sympathy with America IN her effort
"a work out this unprecedented prol
lem.