The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-15
DO ENCLISHMEN
LIKE AMERICANS
AS A WHOLE?
DID THE SIMPSON AFFAIR
MAKE THEM SORE AT US?
MANY OTHER QUESTIONS
ARE BEING ASKED
By DEWITT MacKENZF:
(APl Feature Service Writer)

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tleman of Nebraska has written
to ask if, from long experience as
correspondent in England and
in other parts of the British En-
pire, / can answer two questions:
"Do Englishmen really like u.s."
and ''Did the Simpson affair make
them sore at u.s."
1t is indeed a much appreciated
compliment to be asked to deal
with such searching inquiries, but
one, is grateful that the gentle
man of Nebraska did not venture
onto anything more delicate, such
as ''What do you think of mothers
in-law generality"
The Simpson Case
The Simpson query to deal
with that first-is inspired by the
fact that Mrs. Wallis Simpson.
for love of whom King Edward
abandoned his throne and went
into virtual exile. is American
BON. The answer is "no"-the
matter of nationality did not en-
ter into the case.
A scattering of anti-American
Britons have muttered that the
trouble was due to another of
those dashed Yankees" but that
does not represent the sentiment
in England. Many English people
are going out of their way to say
that Mrs. Simpsons American
birth was in no way involved.
Edwards subjects would have
felt the same about her had she
been native OF the British Isles.
Britain would not want as queen
even. a royal princess who had
divorced two husbands and who
had been courted by the King
while she was still married to he1
second.
'Do Englishmen really like u.s."
I have lived with, fought with
and played with British peoples
for 10 years. Let it be said here
that | like and admire them; many
OF my best friends are British.
individually, Yes
From thousand and one dis
cussions about likes and dislikes,
comes the following:
The British like the individual
American who is likeable. They
do not have any great fondnesa
for Americans as a whole.
There are many things the Eng
i lishman diSlikes about us as
whole. For one thing he is ex-
tremely conservative and is in
tensely annoyed by any excess OF
Observation-Disclosures or 9th.
erwise-which results in loud
mouthed ostentation, or intrusion
He resent; the Misunderstanding, L
come-from Gods own country
neutrality-suspicious. type Of
| thing.
The American method of pro.
ceeding to a mans office to dc
business without an appointment
is another bugbear to the English
man. He may admire American
initiative at distance, but
| doesn't want our sale. manship APP
piled to him personally.
| Here is an illustration of the
general feeling:
The American Way
When l first went to England
many years ago, l applied fol
and was granted an interview
with a prominent member of the
cabinet. That sort o. thing wa:
a novelty to most London news
papermen. One OF my English
colleagues, who also wrote on gov
eminent affairs but who never
had tried for an interview, wa:
highly indignant with me.
That's the sort of thing al
i American would do" he snapped
81 realize that in Washington
reporter can walk into the private
office of the secretary of STATE
without being announced. put hi
feet on the secretary's desk. ant
spit tobacco juice on the carpet
But it isn't done here"
The average Englishman dis
likes our language-particularl!
the extreme slang-and our nasa
accent drives him to distraction